Chapter 13 Practice Quiz

Health and Medicine
. SARS is an example of what?

. Women doctors are more likely than male doctors to do what?

. Which of the following would NOT be considered a form of alternative medicine?

. Which term does Ivan Illich use to refer to the situation when political conditions that "render a society unhealthy" are hidden or obscured?

. Women were more likely to go into what medical specialties?

. What is another term for alternative medicine?

. In the Netflix series Daredevil, what type of disability does the character Matt Murdock try to normalize?

. Which sociological factor could affect the "social course" of a disease?

. Which term does Ivan Illich use to refer to the mythologization of the abilities of the medical community?

. The first Indigenous women to be licensed as a doctor in Canada happened in what year?

. Big Pharma has lobbied hard in support of generic drugs.

. From a social determinist perspective, obesity is an individual problem, not a societal issue.

. Medical sociology is heavily influenced by policy and critical sociology.

. The "inverse care law" states that because of genetic and social factors, women make better healthcare professionals than men.

. Dyslexia is not just a disability for the literate.

. Dennis H. Wrong warned against taking an oversocialized view of people.

. E.L. Koos introduced the concept of the "sick role."

. The ratio of 55:45 female-to-male incoming medical students is today's standard.

. Men are more likely to be in fields requiring emotional labour.

. A knowledge of sociology is now required to pass the latest (2015) version of the Medical College Admission Test.

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