Sociology of Health and Illness Exam Review
Course Introduction
The Sociology of Health and Illness explores the social factors that influence health, disease, and the healthcare system. This course examines how societal structures, cultural beliefs, economic status, and institutions shape experiences of health and illness, access to medical care, and public health outcomes. Students will analyze the relationship between social inequalities and disparities in health, investigate the roles of medical professionals and patients, and evaluate the impact of policy and social change on health at local and global levels. Through case studies and theoretical perspectives, the course encourages critical thinking about the complex interplay between society and health.
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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) Researchers increasingly use big data because it
A)reflects virtually the entire population.
B)less often was collected for a specific purpose that might have biased the results.
C)is increasingly accessible due to electronic record keeping.
D)All of the above
E)None of the above
Answer: D
Q2) To decide whether to believe in the results of a published study, it helps to know
A)whether the research was based on a random sample.
B)whether the researchers controlled statistically for possibly confounding variables.
C)what type of magazine or journal published it.
D)all of the above
E)none of the above
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: The Social Sources of Modern Illness
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true?
A)Widespread use of antibiotics has led to an increase in infectious diseases.
B)As more people in poorer countries are moving to cities, infectious disease is increasing.
C)Globalization is helping to spread infectious disease.
D)all of the above
E)a and b only
Answer: D
Q2) Health lifestyles
A)are based on both life chances and life choices.
B)can affect life chances, but life chances do not affect life choices.
C)are very similar among Americans of different social classes.
D)are not affected by socialization or life experiences.
E)are purely a matter of individual choice.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: The Social Distribution of Illness in the United States
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Q1) The infant mortality rate among African Americans
A)is similar to the rate among whites.
B)is similar to the rate among Western Europeans.
C)is higher than among whites primarily due to biological differences.
D)primarily reflects high rates of drug use.
E)is higher than among whites even if we look only at the middle and upper classes.
Answer: E
Q2) Exposure to environmental pollution is most highly correlated with which of the following factors?
A)social class
B)income
C)race
D)education
E)gender
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Illness and Death in Less Developed Nations
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Q1) What defines whether a country is more or less developed? Why should development be conceptualized as a scale rather than a dichotomy? Give two examples to illustrate your argument.
Q2) Diarrheal diseases in less developed nations are primarily caused by
A)contaminated food and water.
B)oral rehydration.
C)maternal mortality.
D)HIV infection.
E)tuberculosis.
Q3) Chronic malnutrition can cause A)brain damage.
B)blindness.
C)mental retardation
D)infant mortality.
E)all of the above
Q4) Why should war and disasters be considered public health issues?
Q5) What role do the more developed nations play-intentionally or unintentionally-in fostering illness in the less developed nations?
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Chapter 5: The Social Meanings of Illness
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Q1) 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.
Q2) In the nineteenth century, medical textbooks generally described masturbation as a sign of illness. Modern textbooks, however, do not. This is an example of
A)medicalization.
B)demedicalization.
C)depoliticization.
D)medical collaboration.
E)reductionistic treatment.
Q3) Which of the following is an underlying assumption of functionalism?
A)Society is a smoothly-working, integrated whole.
B)Society is held together by coercion and constraint.
C)Deviance is necessary for society to evolve.
D)Society's needs often conflict with individuals' needs.
E)Illness is functional.
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Chapter 6: The Experience of Disability, Chronic Pain, and Chronic Illness
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Q1) 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.
Q2) Should people with disabilities be considered a minority group? Why or why not?
Q3) Which of the following statements suggests that disabled persons form a minority group?
A)"Normals" often discriminate against disabled persons.
B)Disabled persons often are considered inferior by others.
C)Disabled persons generally do not feel a sense of community with other disabled persons.
D)all of the above
E)a and b only
Q4) In part, an individual's experience of disability and illness reflects their social identity. What do studies tell us about how women's and men's experiences of disability differ?
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Chapter 7: The Sociology of Mental Illness
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Q1) Which of the following played a main role in deinstitutionalization?
A)the development of new psychoactive drugs for treating mental illness
B)public horror at the maltreatment of mentally ill persons
C)financial changes in insurance and in federal funding
D)the overcrowding of state mental hospitals
E)the feminization of aging
Q2) A person who drinks alcohol to blot out socially unacceptable feelings of anger is engaging in
A)snowballing.
B)symbolic interactionism.
C)feeling work.
D)labeling.
E)accommodation.
Q3) Approximately what percent of U.S. adults experience a diagnosable mental illness in a typical year?
A)5 percent
B)10 percent
C)30 percent
D)50 percent
E)70 percent
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Chapter 8: Health Care in the United States
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Q1) President Clinton's proposed 1993 Health Care Security Act
A)would have established a single-payer system.
B)aimed to reduce the complexity of the health care system.
C)would have made the same health care options available to everyone.
D)would have broadened access to care while retaining the entrepreneurial features of the health care system.
E)a and b only
Q2) The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
A)fundamentally changes the structure of the health care system.
B)implements a Canadian-style single-payer system.
C)requires insurers to offer coverage to individuals with pre-existing health problems.
D)both a and b
E)all of the above
Q3) Which of the following statements is true?
A)Medicare pays the cost of all medical bills for eligible Americans.
B)Almost all Americans over age 65 are eligible for Medicare.
C)Medicare provides free health care for poor children.
D)All persons with incomes below the poverty line are eligible for Medicaid.
E)Medicaid is now run by Blue Cross.
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Chapter 9: Health Care Around the Globe
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Q1) Health outcomes in the Democratic Republic of Congo are
A)comparable with health outcomes in the Mexican health care system.
B)about average for a less developed nation.
C)among the worst in the world.
D)similar to health outcomes in the Chinese health care system.
E)none of the above
Q2) The health care system in Great Britain is best described as
A)an entrepreneurial system.
B)a National Health Service.
C)National Health Insurance.
D)social insurance.
E)capitalistic.
Q3) The factor that has most helped Canada to restrain the costs of health care is the A)sharp separation between ambulatory care and hospital doctors.
B)use of utilization reviews.
C)switch to a single-payer system.
D)successful effort to restrain the number of doctors.
E)closing of unnecessary hospital beds.
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 a result of commodification?
A)keeping nursing home residents strapped to chairs during the day
B)purchasing gourmet foods for nursing home residents
C)requiring nursing home residents to shower daily
D)increased drug use among nursing home staff
E)increased drug use among nursing home administrators
Q2) Modern US hospitals most commonly provide
A)long term care for the disabled.
B)long term care for the dying.
C)short term care for acute illness.
D)long term care for chronic illness.
E)none of the above
Q3) Most hospice clients pay for their care
A)out of pocket.
B)through private insurance.
C)through family contributions.
D)with Medicare.
E)none of the above
Q4) What forces have led to the cooptation of hospices, and how does this cooptation affect users and potential users of hospices?
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Chapter 11: The Profession of Medicine
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Q1) The federal government developed a vested interest in restraining health care costs following the implementation of A)DRGs.
B)HMOs.
C)Medicaid and Medicare.
D)horizontal integration.
E)vertical integration.
Q2) The ways in which medical residents talk about patients sometimes suggest that residents
A)view patients as enemies.
B)depersonalize their patients.
C)believe patients' feelings are not important to their treatment.
D)all of the above
E)a and b only
Q3) During most of the nineteenth century, allopathic doctors typically
A)were highly respected by the general public.
B)based their treatment on scientific data.
C)were far better trained than their competitors.
D)received their education in Europe.
E)received less than one year of training.
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Chapter 12: Other Mainstream and Alternative Health Care
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Q1) Sociologists consider nurses semi-professionals, rather than professionals, because A)nurses have considerable autonomy, status, and training, but remain subordinate to doctors.
B)most nurses have not attended college.
C)the ethic of caring has kept nurses from pushing for professional status.
D)women with high social status no longer typically enter nursing.
E)nursing lacks a code of ethics.
Q2) Which of the following is true?
A)Dentists often work with acupuncturists.
B)At the time when Medicare and Medicaid were first developed, the American Dental Association supported including dental coverage in those programs.
C)Because insurance rarely covers dental care, dentists must spend even more time than doctors on paperwork.
D)Dentists are considered by sociologists to be alternative practitioners.
E)At the time when Medicare and Medicaid were first developed, the American Dental Association opposed including dental coverage in those programs.
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Chapter 13: Issues in Bioethics
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Q1) The Tuskegee Syphilis Study lasted for about
A)three years.
B)five years.
C)ten years.
D)forty years.
E)seventy years.
Q2) Which of the following statements about stem cell research is true?
A)Supporters argue that it will stem the rise in new cases of cancer.
B)It has increasingly shifted into universities and away from the for-profit sector.
C)Opponents equate harvesting stem cells to killing humans.
D)It has already produced effective treatments for several diseases.
E)none of the above
Q3) Henry Beecher, writing in 1966, stated that medical journals
A)needed to pay more attention to psychological research.
B)adequately screened out proposed articles that relied on unethical methods.
C)sometimes published articles that relied on unethical research methods.
D)routinely ignored reviewers who raised questions about research ethics.
E)needed to pay more attention to sociological research.
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