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Chapter 13 Practice Quiz
Health and Medicine
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SARS is an example of what?
A pandemic disease
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A racialized disease
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A culturalized disease
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A gendered disease
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An ethnicized disease
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Women doctors are more likely than male doctors to do what?
Be sued for malpractice
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Be family physicians
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Work more hours
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Become surgeons
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Join professional organizations
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Which of the following would NOT be considered a form of alternative medicine?
Yoga
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Acupuncture
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Massage therapy
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Herbal remedies
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All are examples of alternative medicine.
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Which term does Ivan Illich use to refer to the situation when political conditions that "render a society unhealthy" are hidden or obscured?
Clinical iatrogenesis
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Social iatrogenesis
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Cultural iatrogenesis
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Spiritual iatrogenesis
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Psychological iatrogenesis
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Women were more likely to go into what medical specialties?
Surgery
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Neurology
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Radiology
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Emergency medicine
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Obstetrics and gynecology
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What is another term for alternative medicine?
Inverse care
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Complementary medicine
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Holistic medicine
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Biomedicine
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Adverse medicine
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In the Netflix series
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what type of disability does the character Matt Murdock try to normalize?
Impaired hearing
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Challenged vision
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Mental health
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Alzheimer's
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Parkinson's Disease
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Which sociological factor could affect the "social course" of a disease?
Life expectancy
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Infant mortality rate
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Age
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Morbidity rate
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None of the above
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Which term does Ivan Illich use to refer to the mythologization of the abilities of the medical community?
Clinical iatrogenesis
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Social iatrogenesis
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Cultural iatrogenesis
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Spiritual iatrogenesis
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Psychological iatrogenesis
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The first Indigenous women to be licensed as a doctor in Canada happened in what year?
1866
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1883
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1923
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1967
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1980
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Big Pharma has lobbied hard in support of generic drugs.
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False
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From a social determinist perspective, obesity is an individual problem, not a societal issue.
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Medical sociology is heavily influenced by policy and critical sociology.
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The "inverse care law" states that because of genetic and social factors, women make better healthcare professionals than men.
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Dyslexia is not just a disability for the literate.
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Dennis H. Wrong warned against taking an oversocialized view of people.
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E.L. Koos introduced the concept of the "sick role."
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The ratio of 55:45 female-to-male incoming medical students is today's standard.
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Men are more likely to be in fields requiring emotional labour.
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A knowledge of sociology is now required to pass the latest (2015) version of the Medical College Admission Test.
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