soc 341 final
Parsons concept of sick role seems to typically apply only to ------ diseases
Acute
Which of the following description is/are correct about the theory of fundamental cause of disease
All of the above
What of the following is/are stressor
All of these choices
Which of the following description is/are correct about the life course perspective on health/illness
All of these choices
Which of the following are more prevalent among upper and middle classes
Anxiety and mood disorders
The ----- hypothesis asserts that blacks are more prone to pyelonephritis and syphilis that may result in secondary hypertension
Associated disorder
According to the karasek demand-control job strain model when ones control over his work is low and the work demand is high
High strain
A researcher is interested in reporting how may people in a community were diagnosed with HIV during the past month. he/she would measure the
Incidence
New research is showing that the relationship between occupation, income . education and health changes over the life course with ------- becoming more important for health as a person moves toward older age
Income
------ refers to the choices that people have in the lifestyles they wish to adopt
Life conduct
Several studies in britain with it's universal health care have shown that the equalization of health care alone has ------ the disparity in health between social classes
Not reduced
Today women outlive men roughly by how many years
4-5 years
The germ theory of disease is a perspective which asserts
Diseases are caused by a biological agent
Which of the following theories argues that suicide rates vary because of differences in the degree of social solitary in different groups
Durkheim
Which component of social class is consistently strongest single predictor of good health
Education
According to durkeims theory on suicide which type of suicide occurs when one is not well integrated into a social group/society
Egoistic
What is homeostasis
Physiological adaptation
National health service or socialized medicine is a system of healthcare delivery
Purchases by the government
Studies find that the strongest and most consistent predictor of a persons health and life expectancy is
Social class
With the transition to a greater prevalence of chronic diseases, physicians have increasingly had to take which approach to medical care
Whole person care