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__________ is a legal strategy based on claims that racial minorities are subjected disproportionately to environmental hazards. |
| | A) | Environmentalism |
| | B) | Environmental justice |
| | C) | Activism |
| | D) | Antiracism |
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The Kyoto Protocol is intended to reduce global emissions of greenhouse gases, which can contribute to global warming and climate change. Which of the following nations has refused to sign the Kyoto Protocol, arguing that doing so would place the nation at a disadvantage in the global marketplace? |
| | A) | Russia |
| | B) | Germany |
| | C) | United States |
| | D) | Brazil |
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The societal expectations about the attitudes and behavior of a person viewed as being ill are referred to as the __________ role. |
| | A) | medical |
| | B) | infirm |
| | C) | debilitated |
| | D) | sick |
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Which of the following terms refers to the growing role of medicine as a major institution of social control? |
| | A) | the medicalization of society |
| | B) | the sick role |
| | C) | medical labeling |
| | D) | none of the above |
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What is the term that refers to the study of the distribution of disease, impairment, and general health status across a population? |
| | 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 time, usually a year. |
| | A) | Prevalence |
| | B) | Morbidity |
| | C) | Mortality |
| | D) | Incidence |
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In the view of which theorist do capitalist societies such as the United States care more about maximizing profits than they do about the health and safety of industrial workers? |
| | A) | Karl Marx |
| | B) | Talcott Parsons |
| | C) | Leonard Stein |
| | D) | Immanuel Wallerstein |
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Which of the following statements is NOT true? |
| | A) | Women experience a higher prevalence of many illnesses than men do. |
| | B) | Men are more likely than women to have parasitic diseases. |
| | C) | Women, as a group, appear to be in better health than men. |
| | D) | Women are more likely than men to become diabetic. |
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Gaia theory was developed by |
| | A) | Charles Darwin. |
| | B) | Immanuel Wallerstein. |
| | C) | James Lovelock. |
| | D) | Rachel Carson. |
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The increasing prevalence of asthma, lead poisoning, and cancer has been tied to human alterations in the environment. This supports the theory of |
| | A) | environmental justice. |
| | B) | human ecology. |
| | C) | global warming. |
| | D) | environmentalism. |
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In autumn 1982, nearly 500 African Americans participated in a six-week protest against a hazardous waste landfill in Warren County, North Carolina. This 20-year battle can be seen as an example of |
| | A) | EPA. |
| | B) | NOW. |
| | C) | AMA |
| | D) | NIMBY. |
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Which of following illustrates the fact that not everyone views medicine the same way? |
| | A) | People from Central America may consider pain a consequence of the imbalance of nature. |
| | B) | Muslim women are particularly concerned about personal modesty. |
| | C) | Medical practitioners are being trained to recognize personal beliefs that are related to medicine. |
| | D) | all of the above |
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The United States has about 27 physicians per 10,000 people, while African nations have less than 1 per 10,000. This is an example of |
| | A) | brain drain. |
| | B) | ethnocentrism. |
| | C) | the medicalization of society. |
| | D) | culture-bound syndrome. |
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Which of the following statements is true? |
| | A) | In the United States in 2006, 99 percent of births took place in hospitals due to the fact that home births are dangerous. |
| | B) | In the United States in 2006, 99 percent of births took place in hospitals in spite of the fact that there is no significant difference in the neonatal death rates between hospital births and home births. |
| | C) | In the Netherlands, 30 percent of births take place at home. |
| | D) | both B and C |
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There is evidence that minorities receive inferior medical care even when they are insured. This demonstrates that the medical establishment is not exempt from |
| | A) | racism. |
| | B) | racial profiling. |
| | C) | institutional discrimination. |
| | D) | prejudice. |
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_____________ is the leading cause of dementia in the United States. |
| | A) | Parkinson's disease |
| | B) | Guillain-Barré syndrome |
| | C) | Arthritis |
| | D) | Alzheimer's disease |
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Increasing numbers of women are becoming physicians. This means that |
| | A) | more men than women will become nurses. |
| | B) | the traditional doctor–patient relationship may alter. |
| | C) | fewer women will become nurses. |
| | D) | none of the above |
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Which of the following is NOT considered a holistic treatment method? |
| | A) | massage |
| | B) | acupuncture |
| | C) | prayer |
| | D) | prescription drugs |
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The World Health Organization has published findings on about 100 of 5,000 plants believed to be used as herbal remedies. This is part of its goal of developing universal training programs and ethical standards for practitioners of |
| | A) | curanderismo. |
| | B) | environmentalism. |
| | C) | alternative medicine. |
| | D) | human ecology. |
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