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Chapter 19: Health and Medicine

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Chapter 19: Health and Medicine

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19-1 §19.1 source ↗

Who determines which illnesses are stigmatized?
  1. a.
    Therapists
  2. b.
    The patients themselves
  3. c.
    Society
  4. d.
    All of the above

Answer

C. Society

19-3 §19.1 source ↗

The Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) is an example of ________________
  1. a.
    the social construction of health
  2. b.
    medicalization
  3. c.
    disability accommodations
  4. d.
    a contested illness

Answer

A. the social construction of health

19-5 §19.2 source ↗

Core nations are also known as __________________
  1. a.
    high-income nations
  2. b.
    newly industrialized nations
  3. c.
    low-income nations
  4. d.
    developing nations

Answer

A. high-income nations

19-7 §19.2 source ↗

According to the World Health Organization, what was the most frequent cause of death for children under five in low-income countries?
  1. a.
    Starvation
  2. b.
    Thirst
  3. c.
    Pneumonia and diarrheal diseases
  4. d.
    All of the above

Answer

C. Pneumonia and diarrheal diseases

19-9 §19.3 source ↗

The process by which aspects of life that were considered bad or deviant are redefined as sickness and needing medical attention to remedy is called:
  1. a.
    deviance
  2. b.
    medicalization
  3. c.
    demedicalization
  4. d.
    intersection theory

Answer

B. medicalization

19-11 §19.3 source ↗

Sidewalk ramps and Braille signs are examples of _______________.
  1. a.
    disabilities
  2. b.
    accommodations required by the Americans with Disabilities Act
  3. c.
    forms of accessibility for people with disabilities
  4. d.
    both b and c

Answer

D. both b and c

19-13 §19.4 source ↗

Which public healthcare system offers insurance primarily to people over sixty-five years old?
  1. a.
    Medicaid
  2. b.
    Medicare
  3. c.
    Veterans Health Administration
  4. d.
    All of the above

Answer

B. Medicare

19-15 §19.4 source ↗

What does the individual mandate provision of the 2010 U.S. healthcare reform do?
  1. a.
    Requires everyone to buy insurance from the government
  2. b.
    Requires everyone to sign up for Medicaid
  3. c.
    Requires everyone to have insurance or pay a penalty
  4. d.
    None of the above

Answer

C. Requires everyone to have insurance or pay a penalty

19-17 §19.4 source ↗

What group created the Millennium Development Goals?
  1. a.
    UNICEF
  2. b.
    The Kaiser Family Foundation
  3. c.
    Doctors Without Borders
  4. d.
    The World Health Organization

Answer

D. The World Health Organization

19-19 §19.5 source ↗

The class, race, and gender inequalities in our healthcare system support the _____________ perspective.
  1. a.
    conflict
  2. b.
    interactionist
  3. c.
    functionalist
  4. d.
    all of the above

Answer

A. conflict

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