Sociology Chapter 22 Questions and Answers 2024
A criticism of Talcott Parsons's approach to health and medicine is that it ________ ** Answ** All of these responses are correct.
A symbolic-interaction approach to health and medicine emphasizes ________ ** Answ** the meanings peop...
A criticism of Talcott Parsons's approach to health and medicine is that it
________ ** Answ** All of these responses are correct.
A symbolic-interaction approach to health and medicine emphasizes ________
** Answ** the meanings people attach to health and illness.
According to the World Health Organization, about how many of the world's
people suffer from serious illness caused by poverty? ** Answ** 1 billion
Advancing medical technology has attacked infectious disease in poor countries
with what result? ** Answ** Populations have increased rapidly.
An exception to the general decline of infectious diseases in the United States is
the increase in ________ after 1960. ** Answ** sexually transmitted diseases
Applying the sociological perspective, we see that the high rate of obesity in the
United States reflects ________ ** Answ** cultural forces that encourage
people to eat large amounts of unhealthy fast food.
Approximately what percentage of U.S. adults is overweight? ** Answ** 65
percent
During the early decades of the Industrial Revolution ** Answ** All of these
responses are correct.
Holistic medicine asserts that ________ ** Answ** patients should rely on
themselves-not just physicians-to ensure their health.
Ideas about health can serve as a type of social control, as illustrated by the notion
that ________ ** Answ** All of these responses are correct.
, If you were to visit a low-income nation to study its high death rates, what would
you find to be the most common causes of death? ** Answ** Infectious
diseases
In his structural-functional analysis, Talcott Parsons claimed that society responds
to illness by ________ ** Answ** using the "sick role" to relieve ill people of
many daily responsibilities.
In poor nations around the world, about how many children die before they reach
their first birthday? ** Answ** 1 in 10
In the United States, an important medical issue is ________ ** Answ** a
shortage of nurses.
In the United States, how does life expectancy of white people compare to that of
black people? ** Answ** It is about four years longer.
In the United States, which of the following factors has a strong link to life
expectancy? ** Answ** All of these responses are correct.
In the world's poorest nations today, life expectancy is as low as about ________
** Answ** fifty years.
In Western Europe and North America, scientists began to understand the causes of
infectious diseases at about what point in history? ** Answ** 1850
In which of the following nations is almost all medical care under the control of
government? ** Answ** China
In which region of the United States is the problem of obesity most widespread?
** Answ** The South
It is correct to say that the medical establishment in the United States is oriented
towards which of the following? ** Answ** Scientific medicine
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