Sociology of Healthcare Professions
Midterm Exam
Course Introduction
This course explores the social dynamics, structures, and cultural norms that shape healthcare professions, analyzing how roles, hierarchies, and professional identities evolve within healthcare systems. Students will examine topics such as professionalization, interprofessional relationships, power dynamics, ethical issues, and the impact of social factors like race, gender, and class on the experiences of healthcare workers. Emphasis is placed on understanding how sociological theories and research contribute to our understanding of the organization and delivery of healthcare, as well as the implications for policy and practice in diverse healthcare environments.
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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) 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 study of the distribution of disease among a population is referred to as A)sociology.
B)clinical sociology.
C)epidemiology.
D)geography.
E)enterology.
Answer: C
Q2) In a "risk society," individuals often find it difficult to get acknowledgement that they suffer from an illness because
A)the doctors they have access to work for the corporations that in some way caused the illness.
B)they are labeled as lazy rather than ill.
C)they are considered responsible for the risks they took.
D)all of the above
E)none of the above
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: The Social Distribution of Illness in the United States
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Q1) Intimate partner violence
A)threatens men's lives as often as it threatens women's lives.
B)serves as a form of social control, according to your textbook.
C)serves as a form of social network, according to your textbook.
D)is not against the law.
E)is most often reported by Asian American women.
Answer: B
Q2) According to your textbook,
A)all cultures consider intersex a frightening and abnormal condition.
B)intersex babies grow up to enjoy better psychological health if they receive sex assignment surgery.
C)doctors' decisions about sex assignment for intersex babies reflect their cultural assumptions about gender.
D)an increasing number of doctors believe that sex assignment surgery for intersex babies should be performed as early as possible.
E)sex reassignment surgery does not affect individuals' ability to enjoy sexuality as adults.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Illness and Death in Less Developed Nations
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Q1) Most deaths caused by malaria occur among A)older adults in Eastern Europe and Russia.
B)adults in Eastern Asia.
C)older adults in South America.
D)children in South America.
E)children in Africa.
Q2) The primary cause of low life expectancy in the less developed nations is A)dictatorship.
B)poverty.
C)religious warfare.
D)genetic defects.
E)air pollution.
Q3) 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.
Q4) Why has HIV/AIDS spread more rapidly in Africa than in the United States? Why has heterosexual transmission played a greater role in Africa?
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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) What contribution does Parsons' concept of a sick role make to our understanding of sickness in society? What are the weaknesses of that concept?
Q3) According to Talcott Parsons, sick persons are
A)excused from fulfilling their normal social roles.
B)not held responsible for their illnesses.
C)expected to work to get well.
D)all of the above
E)a and b only
Q4) Which of the following can be important supporters of medicalization?
A)doctors
B)lay groups
C)pharmaceutical companies
D)all of the above
E)none of the above
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Chapter 6: The Experience of Disability, Chronic Pain, and Chronic Illness
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Q1) 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.
Q2) Films such as The Nightmare on Elm Street and Peter Pan
A)equate physical deformity with physical illness.
B)reduce prejudice against disabled persons.
C)equate physical deformity with moral deformity.
D)reflect a medical model of disability.
E)reflect a social model of disability.
Q3) Which of the following statements is true?
A)Chronic pain is an illness in its own right, not just a symptom.
B)Chronically ill persons sometimes attempt in their minds to separate their selves from their bodies.
C)Chronic illness always leads to decreased self-esteem.
D)Prejudice against disabled persons has largely disappeared.
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E)Discrimination against disabled persons has largely disappeared.
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Chapter 7: The Sociology of Mental Illness
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Q1) 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.
Q2) Pre-modern societies were better able than modern societies to cope informally with individuals who acted in unacceptable and incomprehensible ways because pre-modern societies
A)could offer those individuals acceptable, low-level roles.
B)could often cure illness through prayer.
C)generated little stress.
D)killed such individuals before puberty.
E)developed religious institutions to control such individuals.
Q3) Critique the medical model of mental illness, using evidence from the textbook.
Q4) How do society's views on, and responses to, mental illness resemble those of past centuries? How do they differ?
Q5) How are residential colleges similar to and different from total institutions?
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Chapter 8: Health Care in the United States
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Q1) 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.
Q2) If the United States adopted the Canadian health care system, it is likely that
A)the total cost of health care in the US would rise dramatically.
B)the percentage of uninsured Americans would not change significantly.
C)most US doctors would try to move to Europe.
D)drug prices would rise dramatically.
E)the total cost of health care in the US would fall dramatically.
Q3) The backlash against health care reform in the United States in part reflects
A)widespread American belief in Christianity.
B)the influence of Communism.
C)the widespread belief that more health care is always a good thing.
D)All of the above.
E)None of the above
Q4) 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) Which of the following is the most serious problem in the Canadian health care system?
A)waiting times for non-emergency care
B)overuse of high-technology medical services
C)an undersupply of doctors
D)the existence of multiple, competing insurance companies
E)lack of access to health care in urban "ghettoes"
Q2) To control health care costs, the British health care system has encouraged
A)the privatization of health care.
B)the use of acupuncture.
C)specialized medical education.
D)the building of new hospitals on a regular basis.
E)all of the above
Q3) The health care system in Canada can best be described as A)an entrepreneurial system.
B)a National Health System.
C)National Health Insurance.
D)social insurance.
E)communistic.
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) Hospice care disproportionately serves
A)patients with cancer.
B)patients with AIDS.
C)patients with infectious diseases.
D)disabled individuals.
E)none of the above
Q2) Which of the following is not a technology?
A)Band-Aids
B)heart-lung machines
C)the process of blood transfusion
D)fruit salads with high vitamin C content
E)blood pressure machines
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) Medical culture stresses that doctors should
A)value clinical experience more than scientific knowledge.
B)care deeply about their patients.
C)trust natural bodily processes.
D)value working with chronic illnesses more than with acute illnesses.
E)value working with common illnesses more than with rare illnesses.
Q2) A doctor who strongly believes in the core medical values described in your textbook would be most likely to
A)work with Medicare patients.
B)become a primary care doctor.
C)practice in a rural area.
D)become a surgeon.
E)become a dermatologist.
Q3) To become a profession, an occupation must
A)set its own education and licensing standards.
B)eliminate all competitors.
C)prove its scientific grounding.
D)have all members take courses in ethics.
E)earn over $60,000 per person.
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Chapter 12: Other Mainstream and Alternative Health Care
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Q1) In the early twentieth century,
A)nursing schools regarded student nurses as a cheap source of labor.
B)student nurses spent long hours in classroom study.
C)trained nurses found it easy to obtain paid employment.
D)most nurses were black women.
E)most nurses were immigrants.
Q2) Men who enter nursing
A)typically are held back by discrimination.
B)cluster in less prestigious specialties.
C)are overrepresented in emergency room work and underrepresented in pediatrics.
D)tend to have had childhood problems with sexual identity.
E)tend to have problems working under women.
Q3) In the early twentieth century, those nurses who fought to raise the status of nursing were hampered by
A)the ethic of caring and duty.
B)women's lack of political power.
C)ideas about women's proper role and character.
D)all of the above
E)a and b only
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Chapter 13: Issues in Bioethics
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Q1) Researchers for the Tuskegee Syphilis Study
A)purposely infected black men with syphilis.
B)enlisted the support of local doctors to ensure that their subjects would not receive treatment for syphilis.
C)received no government funding for their work.
D)were forced to stop the study after five years.
E)followed the guidelines laid out in established codes of research ethics.
Q2) Is "cosmetic pharmacology" ethical? Does the fact that it is only available to some individuals make it any more or less ethical? Could cosmetic pharmacology eventually increase social inequality?
Q3) Which of the following is intended to ensure that medical researchers behave ethically?
A)Institutional Review Boards
B)diagnosis-related groups
C)medical malpractice laws
D)medical mortality review boards
E)reproductive technologies
Q4) Why should sociologists concern themselves with bioethical issues? Why should bioethicists study sociology?
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