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The number of deaths of infants under one year old, per 1,000 live births in a given year is referred to as the |
| | A) | morbidity rate. |
| | B) | infant mortality rate. |
| | C) | crude birth rate. |
| | D) | infant fertility rate. |
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The medical apartheid concept draws on which sociological perspective? |
| | A) | conflict |
| | B) | functionalist |
| | C) | interactionist |
| | D) | evolutionary |
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From a/an _________ perspective, women have been particularly vulnerable to the medicalization of society. |
| | A) | conflict |
| | B) | functionalist |
| | C) | interactive |
| | D) | evolutionary |
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Holistic medical principles were initially developed in |
| | A) | the United States |
| | B) | China. |
| | C) | Britain. |
| | D) | Egypt. |
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Heath care in the United States did not receive federal aid until the __________ century. |
| | A) | 18th |
| | B) | 19th |
| | C) | 20th |
| | D) | Health care in the United States does not receive federal aid. |
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__________ is an area of study that is concerned with inter-relationships between people and their environment. |
| | A) | Demography |
| | B) | Environmental justice |
| | C) | Resource mobilization |
| | D) | Human ecology |
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From a/an __________ perspective, less affluent nations are being forced to exploit their mineral deposits, forests, and fisheries in order to meet their debt obligations. |
| | A) | functionalist |
| | B) | conflict |
| | C) | interactionist |
| | D) | evolutionary |
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Worldwide, more than __________ people are exposed to potentially health-damaging levels of air pollution. |
| | A) | 1 million |
| | B) | 10 million |
| | C) | 1 billion |
| | D) | 10 billion |
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AIDS was first noticed by medical practitioners in the |
| | A) | 1950s. |
| | B) | 1960s. |
| | C) | 1970s. |
| | D) | 1980s. |
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The first case of AIDS in the United States was reported in |
| | A) | 1961. |
| | B) | 1971. |
| | C) | 1981. |
| | D) | 1991. |
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Viewed from a/an __________ perspective, policymakers were slow to respond to the AIDS crisis because those in high-risk groups were comparatively powerless. |
| | A) | conflict |
| | B) | functionalist |
| | C) | evolutionary |
| | D) | interactionist |
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Which of the following is an example of a culture-bound syndrome? |
| | A) | schizophrenia |
| | B) | anorexia |
| | C) | cancer |
| | D) | all of these |
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The rate of alcoholism mortality among Native Americans served by the Indian Health Service is __________ times that of the general population of the United States. |
| | A) | two |
| | B) | three |
| | C) | four |
| | D) | five |
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In Mexico, people with a variety of ailments visit curanderos, or |
| | A) | witch doctors. |
| | B) | street dentists. |
| | C) | folk healers. |
| | D) | midwives. |
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An estimated __________million people are now infected with AIDS or HIV worldwide. |
| | A) | 15 |
| | B) | 24 |
| | C) | 33 |
| | D) | 40 |
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In the United States, about one out of every __________Americans suffers from some form of mental illness. |
| | A) | two |
| | B) | four |
| | C) | six |
| | D) | eighty |
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Sociologist Talcott Parsons outlined the societal expectations related to the attitudes and behavior of a person being viewed as ill. These expectations are referred to as the __________ role. |
| | A) | medical |
| | B) | infirm |
| | C) | debilitated |
| | D) | sick |
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Conflict theorists use which of the following terms in referring to the growing role of medicine as a major institution of social control? |
| | A) | medicalization of society |
| | B) | the sick role |
| | C) | medical labeling |
| | D) | none of these |
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The text points out that the __________ perspective has been especially interested in how physicians learn to play their occupational role. |
| | A) | functionalist |
| | B) | conflict |
| | C) | interactionist |
| | D) | structural |
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The study of the distribution of disease, impairment, and general health status across a population is termed |
| | A) | social epidemiology. |
| | B) | morbidity. |
| | C) | mortality. |
| | D) | internal medicine. |
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__________ refers to the number of new cases of a specific disorder occurring within a given population during a stated period of time, usually a year. |
| | A) | Prevalence |
| | B) | Morbidity |
| | C) | Mortality |
| | D) | Incidence |
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In the view of _____ theorists, capitalist societies such as the United States care more about maximizing profits than they do about the health and safety of industrial workers. |
| | A) | conflict |
| | B) | functionalist |
| | C) | interactionist |
| | D) | all of these |
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From a _____perspective, being sick must be controlled so that not too many people are released from their social responsibilities at any given time. |
| | A) | conflict |
| | B) | functionalist |
| | C) | interactionist |
| | D) | all of these |
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Which of the following statements is NOT true? |
| | A) | Women, in comparison with men, experience a higher prevalence of many illnesses. |
| | B) | Men are more likely to have parasitic diseases. |
| | C) | Women, as a group, appear to be in better health than men. |
| | D) | Women are more likely to become diabetic. |
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Which of the following theorists have closely examined how compliance and negotiation occur between physicians and patients? |
| | A) | functionalists |
| | B) | conflict theorists |
| | C) | interactionists |
| | D) | feminist theorists |
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