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Healthy and Wealthy
Medical & Social Construction of Health & Illness
Question: Medicalization is a process where previous behaviors or conditions are redefined as medical issues rather than personal problems.
Which of the following conditions has not been medicalized?
A. Alcoholism
B. ADHD
C. self-centeredness
D. pregnancy
Answer: C. self-centeredness
Question: Which of the following is true about diseases?
A. They only affect the poor.
B. They can be socially constructed.
C. They are all preventable
D. They are all curable.
Answer: B. They can be socially constructed.
Question: When was AIDS identifed?
A. 1980
B. 1993
C. 1890
D. 2000
Answer: A. 1980
Question: Your overall health is affected by what social class you belong to.
True or False?
Answer: True
Question: What term describes residents having little or no access to fresh, affordable, healthy foods, usually located in urban areas?
A. Sick Role
B. Food Desert
C. Deprivation Amplification
D. Recission
Answer: B. Food Desert
Definition of Health & Illness
Question: Chronic Diseases develop over what length of time?
A. a long period of time
B. a short period of time
C. four months
D. two days
Answer: A. a long period of time
Question: ___________ is a type of health care that focuses on symptom and pain relief and providing a supportive environment for critically ill or dying patients, rather than fighting the illness or disease.
A. Intensive Care
B. Curative Care
C. Passive Care
D. Palliative Care
Answer: D. Palliative Care
Question: The study of disease patterns to understand the cause of illnesses, how they spread, and what interventions to take is called _____?
A. Epidemiology
B. Epidemic
C. Pandemic
D. Rescission
Answer: A. Epidemiology
Question: An epidemic _____
A. occurs when a significantly higher number of cases of a disease also spreads through an especially large geographical region spanning many countries or even continents.
B. occurs when our individual disease risks are amplified by social factors.
C. is the practice by insurance companies of canceling coverage only after a person gets sick.
D. occurs when a significantly higher number of cases of a particular disease occur during a particular time period than might otherwise be expected.
Answer: D. occurs when a significantly higher number of cases of a particular disease occur during a particular time period than might otherwise be expected.
Question: Vector organisms can be defined as ...?
A. malaria-carrying-mosquitoes only
B. dogs with rabies only
C. small insects that have genetically modified to harm us
D. animals like, mosquitoes, ticks, and birds that carry and spread pathogens (germs or other infectious agents) in a given area.
Answer: D. animals like, mosquitoes, ticks, and birds that carry and spread pathogens (germs or other infectious agents) in a given area.
Medicine as a Social Institution
Question: What does AMA stand for and what is its function?
A. Association of Mechanics - a group of medical mechanics who make new, modern medical instruments
B. Association of Medics - a group of doctors that comes together every year in order to better their services
C. American Medical Association - a trade union that creates rules and regulations governing medical licensure
D. American Medicinal Application - a free online application to order medicine
Answer: C. American Medical Association - a trade union that creates rules and regulations governing medical licensure
Question: What is the USMLE?
A. Universal Studios' Medicine & Lives Exhibition
B. Union of Medicine & Labor Effect
C. United States Medical Licensing Exam
Answer: C. United States Medical Licensing Exam
Question: One major problem with hospitals is...?
A. They dehumanize patients, and don't always treat them well.
B. They give children snacks.
C. They can't cure some diseases.
D. They aren't helpful at all.
Answer: A. They dehumanize patients, and don't always treat them well.
Question: What is the "Sick Role"?
A. When a kid pretends to be sick in order to get out of going to school.
B. When an adult pretends to be sick in order to get out of going to work.
C. The actions and attitudes that society expects from someone who is ill.
D. The actions and attitudes that a sick person expects from those around them.
Answer: C. The actions and attitudes that society expects from someone who is ill.
Question: Are social interactions prevalent in medical institutions when it comes to Doctor-Patient relationships?
A. Yes because if the doctor and the patient are best friends, then the patient will be cured.
B. No, no one likes their doctors anyway.
C. No, doctor-patient relationships are unethical.
D. Yes, as doctors have to establish their status through interaction with the patient and also establish what a "good" or "bad" diagnosis is.
Answer: D. Yes, as doctors have to establish their status through interaction with the patient and also establish what a "good" or "bad" diagnosis is.
Issues in Medicine & Health Care
Question: In March of 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (more commonly known as "Obama Care") was passed in order to bring universal health care coverage to all citizens. What is one of its benefits?
A. It means health care will be free from now on.
B. It will raise taxes.
C. It bans rescission - the canceling of coverage by insurance companies only after a person gets sick.
D. It will raise hurt businesses.
Answer: C. It bans rescission - the canceling of coverage by insurance companies only after a person gets sick.
Question: Cultural competence is ____
A. Knowing many things about a cultural.
B. The concept of acknowledging and incorporating a patient's cultural background as part of the treatment process
C. The ability to master a game of Jeopardy on one's own cultural.
D. The ability to adapt quickly in many different cultures.
Answer: B. The concept of acknowledging and incorporating a patient's cultural background as part of the treatment process
Question: _____ is the study of controversial moral or ethical issues related to scientific and medical advancements.
A. Sciethics
B. People ethics
C. Bioethics
D. Diethics
Answer: C. Bioethics
Question: The _____ is a scientific endeavor that seeks to identify and map the 20, 000 to 25, 000 genes that make up human DNA from both a physical and functional perspective.
A. Humanities & Gender Protection
B. Human Genome Project
C. Human Genetic Prohibition
Answer: B. Human Genome Project
Question: An attempt to selectively manipulate the gene pool in order to produce and "improve" human beings through medical science is called ___?
A. Rescission
B. Alternative Medicine
C. Integrative Medicine
D. Eugenics
Answer: D. Eugenics
The Sociology of Medicine, Health & Illness
Question: In the United States we associate overweight as being unhealthy, but other countries believe the opposite. What country is an example of this?
A. Senegal
B. Mexico
C. Canada
D. Africa
Answer: A. Senegal
Question: In 2010, California experienced an epidemic called the _____, which is a highly contagious disease, but has an effective vaccine.
A. Whooping Cough
B. Hopping Cough
C. Happy Cough
D. Laughing Cough
Answer: A. Whooping Cough
Question: Why are sociologists interested in topics that might seem more at home in a "medical school text"?
A. They think people will be more drawn to sociology if they know about what makes them sick.
B. It helps us learn better hygiene.
C. Our physical selves have a socially constructed meanings and are also affected by social forces.
Answer: C. Our physical selves have a socially constructed meanings and are also affected by social forces.
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