Higher Education

Multiple Choice - Chapter 7

Elements of Sociology: A Critical Canadian Introduction - Chapter 7

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Question 1:

Medical sociology is based on the belief that
a) medical practices are intensely social
b) medical beliefs are intensely social
c) medical beliefs are intensely psych-social
d) Both a and b

Question 2:

Who came up with the term ‘sick (or patient) role’?
a) Talcott Parsons
b) Émile Durkheim
c) Karl Marx
d) Nellie McClung

Question 3:

Biomedicine
a) is the application of the standard principles and practices of Western scientific disciplines in the treatment of symptoms of illness
b) utilizes physical tests to find physical entities
c) applies physical medicines and therapies
d) All of the above

Question 4:

Which is an example of alternative medicine?
a) Taking a yoga class.
b) Using bright lights to study.
c) Taking a Tylenol for a headache.
d) Both a and b

Question 5:

Which perspective fails to understand that there are numerous unique approaches to interpreting medicine within a culture?
a) Reductionist
b) Absolutist
c) Bio-cultural
d) None of the above

Question 6:

Medicalization entails
a) a process wherein certain behaviours or conditions are defined as a medical problem, rather than moral or legal issue.
b) a process that focuses on alternative medicine
c) a highly controversial process of hiring doctors and nurses
d) Both a and b

Question 7:

Which of these statements defines Quebec’s health and medical system, as compared to Ontario?
a) The number of female medical students is greater.
b) The relative number of male nurses is smaller.
c) The cost of tuition fees for medical students is greater.
d) All of the above

Question 8:

Women doctors are less likely to
a) become surgeons
b) be sued for malpractice
c) join professional organizations
d) All of the above

Question 9:

Sociological factors will influence the treatment you receive from your doctor
a) True
b) False

Question 10:

The person engaged in the sick role should expect to be ‘taken care of’, rather than having to take care of himself.
a) True
b) False

Question 11:

Alternative medicine is an approach to treatment that is outside of the mainstream, while complementary medicine is the dominant practice.
a) True
b) False

Question 12:

Cultural syndromes were invented to psychologize problems brought on by Western colonial control.
a) True
b) False

Question 13:

Posttraumatic stress disorder is often medicalized.
a) True
b) False

Question 14:

When an immigrant doctor arrives to Canada and settles in Toronto, he or she does not have to be assessed. They are able to apply for jobs straightaway.
a) True
b) False

Question 15:

Diseases are hardly ever racialized
a) True
b) False

Question 16:

Medical students in Ontario had the greatest tuition fee hike in Canada from 1997–1998 to 2000–2001.
a) True
b) False