Health and Society Question Bank
Course Introduction
Health and Society explores the dynamic relationship between health, illness, and the social environment. This course examines how factors such as culture, socioeconomic status, public policy, environment, and social institutions shape health outcomes for individuals and populations. Students will analyze the roles of healthcare systems, consider disparities in health access and quality, and critically assess how social determinants influence well-being. Through case studies and current issues, the course encourages a deeper understanding of how society impacts health and the importance of social justice in healthcare.
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The Sociology of Health Illness and Health Care A Critical Approach 7th Edition by Rose Weitz
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Chapter 1: The Sociology of Health, Illness, and Health Care
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Q1) Sociology of medicine refers to the study of how social factors affect
A)health and illness.
B)health care.
C)health, illness, and health care, raising questions that sociologists, but not necessarily doctors, consider important.
D)health, illness, and health care, raising questions that doctors, but not necessarily sociologists, consider important.
E)all of the above
Answer: C
Q2) According to most scholars, life expectancy in the United States increased dramatically after 1900 because of
A)the introduction of smallpox inoculation.
B)the development of new medical treatments.
C)changes in nutrition and living conditions.
D)the natural evolution of epidemics.
E)the natural evolution of microorganisms into less dangerous forms.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: The Social Sources of Modern Illness
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Q1) The Health Belief Model implicitly suggests that
A)complying with medical advice can sometimes cause harm.
B)complying with medical advice is a good idea.
C)those who do not comply with medical advice usually have good reasons for their actions.
D)medical advice sometimes lacks scientific grounding.
E)drugs can be dangerous.
Answer: B
Q2) Toxic agents
A)are especially dangerous to children.
B)are contributing to climate change.
C)can be prevented by developing a "risk society."
D)all of the above
E)a and b only
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: The Social Distribution of Illness in the United States
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Q1) Because of gender convergence,
A)more men now take estrogen.
B)men's and women's health risks are becoming more similar.
C)women now have higher rates of disability.
D)women have become biologically weaker.
E)men increasingly refuse to seek health care when ill.
Answer: B
Q2) Research suggests that
A)although women complain about illness more often than men, they actually experience fewer illnesses.
B)men's higher mortality rate in part reflects their traditional gender role.
C)at each age, women have higher rates of fatal illnesses.
D)women are biologically weaker than men.
E)men seek health care more often than women.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Illness and Death in Less Developed Nations
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Q1) The impact of HIV/AIDS is magnified by the fact that the disease typically A)hits at midlife.
B)results in water pollution.
C)increases air pollution.
D)kills many street cleaners.
E)leads to overpopulation.
Q2) Chronic malnutrition can cause A)brain damage.
B)blindness.
C)mental retardation
D)infant mortality.
E)all of the above
Q3) The idea of global health
A)suggests that health and illness can cross borders.
B)suggests that both international corporations and migrant workers can affect health.
C)fits well with a critical sociological perspective.
D)all of the above
E)none of the above
Q4) Why should war and disasters be considered public health issues?
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Chapter 5: The Social Meanings of Illness
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Q1) Which of the following is least well explained by the sick role model?
A)the illegal drug user whose family rejects him after he gets AIDS
B)the illegal drug user whose family supports him after he gets AIDS
C)the person who seeks medical care for syphilis
D)the person who seeks medical care for a mild cold
E)the person who believes doctors always know best
Q2) Early nineteenth century doctors argued that cholera typically attacked only individuals who
A)had come in contact with dangerous miasma.
B)had weakened their bodies through improper living.
C)had been weakened by living in poverty.
D)were malnourished.
E)had bad genes.
Q3) The concept of an epigenetic effect suggests that genes
A)outweigh the potential impact of socialization.
B)interact with the environment to cause or avoid causing an illness.
C)mutate at different rates in different populations.
D)Mutate in different ways in different populations.
E)Can be modified in laboratories to prevent disease.
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Chapter 6: The Experience of Disability, Chronic Pain, and Chronic Illness
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Q1) Chronic pain is more common among which of the following?
A)men
B)women
C)middle-class persons
D)suburbanites
E)white Americans
Q2) The most common underlying reason for disability among adults between the ages of 18 and 65 is
A)fibromyalgia.
B)contested illnesses.
C)chronic pain.
D)mental illness.
E)AIDS/HIV.
Q3) A woman who uses a wheelchair and wears a "Crip Pride" button is engaging in A)passing.
B)avoiding stigma.
C)disclosing stigma.
D)challenging stigma.
E)stigmatizing.
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Q4) Should people with disabilities be considered a minority group? Why or why not?
Chapter 7: The Sociology of Mental Illness
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Q1) Moral treatment referred to
A)giving moral instruction to mentally ill persons.
B)teaching the Bible to mentally ill persons.
C)the treatment of mentally ill persons by ministers.
D)treating mentally ill persons through kindness and through giving them opportunities for both work and play.
E)the treatment of mentally ill persons by moralists and philosophers.
Q2) Social stress is most likely to lead to mental illness if the stress
A)is chronic.
B)is an acute trauma.
C)is linked to a life event, rather than an ongoing situation.
D)is treated with antidepressants.
E)is treated with antipsychotics.
Q3) Research using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) suggests that
A)the DSM has a high degree of reliability.
B)clinicians are able to arrive at consistent diagnoses.
C)different clinicians may diagnose the same patient differently.
D)politics are not involved in the construction of diagnostic categories.
E)diagnostic categories are stable over time.
Q4) Critique the medical model of mental illness, using evidence from the textbook.
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Chapter 8: Health Care in the United States
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Q1) When hospitals purchase more advanced technological equipment than they can readily use, the prices charged to consumers for using that technology typically A)increase.
B)decrease.
C)remain unchanged.
D)are linked to the inflation rate.
E)are linked to the recession rate.
Q2) Because of the success of commercial insurers, non-profit insurers have A)been forced out of business in many markets.
B)begun to shift to actuarial risk rating.
C)reemphasized their commitment to service.
D)reemphasized their not-for-profit standing.
E)sought out high-risk clients who are willing to pay high premiums.
Q3) How has Canada's single payer system kept health care costs down more effectively than the US system?
Q4) What factors account for the rise of managed care? What are the potential pitfalls and benefits of managed care?
Q5) Why have health care costs risen in the United States?
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Chapter 9: Health Care Around the Globe
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Q1) Health care in Mexico is provided through
A)a three-tiered system.
B)National Health Insurance.
C)managed care organizations.
D)the Ministry of Defense.
E)political parties.
Q2) Which of the following countries does not guarantee health care to its citizens?
A)United States
B)Germany
C)Great Britain
D)a and b only
E)all of the above
Q3) General practitioners in Great Britain
A)typically work in group practices.
B)receive financial supplements if they practice in underserved areas.
C)are paid fee-for-service.
D)all of the above
E)a and b only
Q4) Which nation's health care system would you prefer? Why?
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Chapter 10: Health Care Settings and Technologies
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Q1) Which of the following is true?
A)The majority of nursing homes are run on a for-profit basis.
B)Men are more likely than women to eventually need nursing home care.
C)Nursing homes now treat a healthier mix of patient than they did 20 years ago.
D)Since the passage of Medicare, the number of nursing homes has declined.
E)Nursing homes are staffed primarily by doctors.
Q2) Timothy Diamond uses the phrase "commodification" to refer to the process of
A)thinking of nursing home residents and workers in economic terms.
B)purchasing goods for nursing homes.
C)thinking of nursing home residents and workers in medical terms.
D)hiring doctors for nursing homes.
E)investing nursing home funds in the commodities market.
Q3) In recent years, hospitals have
A)reduced the number of outpatient surgeries they perform.
B)shifted to treating an older and sicker mix of patients.
C)stopped serving as primary care providers for the poor.
D)abandoned the practice of patient dumping.
E)increasingly moved to nonprofit status.
Q4) How does the profit motive affect the experiences of hospital patients and nursing home residents?
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Chapter 11: The Profession of Medicine
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Q1) Doctors' mechanistic model of the body may encourage them to A)distrust natural bodily processes.
B)value "watching and waiting" rather than quickly intervening in Emergency Rooms.
C)rely on redactive treatment.
D)burn out after working in medicine for a few years.
E)listen carefully to their patients.
Q2) The process through which medical students learn the skills, knowledge, and values of medicine as an occupation is referred to as A)normative errors.
B)medical norms.
C)medical dominance.
D)professional dominance.
E)professional socialization.
Q3) The profession of medicine includes an ideology that dictates doctors' values, attitudes, and behaviors towards patients, colleagues, and other health care workers. Learning the role of medicine involves learning this ideology as well as learning specific technical knowledge. What does this ideology consist of, and how do doctors learn it?
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Chapter 12: Other Mainstream and Alternative Health Care
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Q1) Which of the following is a parallel profession?
A)nursing
B)pharmacy
C)osteopathy
D)chiropractic
E)acupuncture
Q2) Currently, some chiropractors believe that
A)immunizations are unnecessary.
B)they should serve as primary care providers.
C)spinal manipulation can cure most health problems.
D)all of the above
E)none of the above
Q3) Parents' decisions against vaccinating their children
A)have led to outbreaks of measles in the United States.
B)reflect solid scientific evidence regarding the dangers of vaccination.
C)are illegal across the United States.
D)are often supported by acupuncturists.
E)none of the above
Q4) Compare and contrast the fields of dentistry and osteopathy. What factors have allowed medicine to dominate osteopathy but not dentistry?
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Chapter 13: Issues in Bioethics
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Q1) During the 1960s, hospital selection committees
A)typically decided who would receive kidney dialysis based solely on medical criteria.
B)typically decided who would receive kidney dialysis based in part on social criteria.
C)typically decided who would receive kidney dialysis based solely on age.
D)were abolished by most hospitals.
E)were declared legal, but nonetheless fell into disuse.
Q2) Under the Nazi government,
A)doctors sterilized persons considered genetically inferior.
B)the marriage of persons with certain diseases was prohibited.
C)doctors supervised the killings of state mental hospital patients.
D)doctors decided which concentration camp inmates would be killed immediately.
E)all of the above
Q3) The Nuremberg Code states that
A)patients deserve a right to die.
B)patients deserve a right to any treatment they request.
C)medical researchers must do all they can to protect their subjects from harm.
D)dying patients should be offered the right to donate their organs.
E)medical researchers must pay their research subjects.
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