Chapter 11: Health Care: An Anatomy of Health and Illness

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. ______ U.S. states and the District of Columbia give competent, terminally ill adults the legal right to commit suicide.

a. Two

b. Six

c. Seventeen

d. All

Learning Objective: 11.1: Provide examples of health at the societal level and Illustrate how health issues impact us at the micro, meso, and macro levels.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Hard

2. Which of the following statements represents an argument in favor of euthanasia?

a. Medical measures are available to relieve pain.

b. Religious beliefs affirm the sanctity of life.

c. Extending life with no hope of recovery is costly.

d. Terminally ill patients may be acting out of depression.

Learning Objective: 11.1: Provide examples of health at the societal level and Illustrate how health issues impact us at the micro, meso, and macro levels.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. ______ is a government health insurance system for those 65 and older in the United States.

a. Medicare

b. Welfare

c. Medicaid

d. Obamacare

Learning Objective: 11.1: Provide examples of health at the societal level and Illustrate how health issues impact us at the micro, meso, and macro levels.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. ______ is a state of physical, mental, and social well-being or the absence of disease.

a. Health

b. Illness

c. Medicine

d. Homeostasis

Learning Objective: 11.1: Provide examples of health at the societal level and Illustrate how health issues impact us at the micro, meso, and macro levels.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Why is Health a Social Issue?

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. A study examines the ways that health care is affected by the political party in power. This is an example of a ______.

a. micro-level study

b. meso-level study

c. macro-level study

d. meta-level study

Learning Objective: 11.1: Provide examples of health at the societal level and Illustrate how health issues impact us at the micro, meso, and macro levels.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Health at the Meso Level

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. A scientist studies how viruses spread throughout the world due to airline travel and cultural values about preventing disease. This is an example of a ______.

a. micro-level study

b. meso-level study

c. macro-level study

d. meta-level study

Learning Objective: 11.5: Describe how globalization influences health care issues at the micro, meso, and macro levels.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Health at the Macro Level

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. HIV/AIDS is most accurately described as a(n) ______.

a. epidemic

b. pandemic

c. pathogen

d. sick role

Learning Objective: 11.1: Provide examples of health at the societal level and illustrate how health issues impact us at the micro, meso, and macro levels.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Health at the Macro Level

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Which of the following perspectives stress the idea that definitions of illness vary over time and from society to society?

a. symbolic interaction theory

b. conflict theory

c. rational choice theory

d. feminist theory

Learning Objective: 11.2: Use the symbolic interaction perspective to show that illness is a social construction.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Symbolic Interaction Perspective and Labeling Theory

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. The treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been a subject of controversy for the last several decades. Some believe that doctors overprescribe medications for ADHD; they believe that the increasing ______ of ADHD harms children, in particular, who could otherwise benefit from behavior therapy.

a. medicalization

b. stigmatization

c. demedicalization

d. acceptance

Learning Objective: 11.2: Use the symbolic interaction perspective to show that illness is a social construction.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Symbolic Interaction Perspective and Labeling Theory

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. By ______, we see the alcoholic as a person in need of help rather than as a moral degenerate.

a. rejecting the sick role

b. viewing illness as an individual problem

c. labeling alcoholism as a disease

d. demedicalizing alcoholism

Learning Objective: 11.2: Use the symbolic interaction perspective to show that illness is a social construction.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Symbolic Interaction Perspective and Labeling Theory

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. In the mid-20th century, the American Psychological Association (APA) considered homosexuality a disease. Since that time, the APA has reversed its stance. Homosexuality has become ______.

a. socialized

b. medicalized

c. demedicalized

d. deprofessionalized

Learning Objective: 11.2: Use the symbolic interaction perspective to show that illness is a social construction.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Symbolic Interaction Perspective and Labeling

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. According to a classic U.S. hospital-based study, which of the following statements was TRUE regarding culturally learned reactions to pain?

a. Patients with Jewish and Italian backgrounds were usually stoic and tried to bravely endure pain.

b. Patients of Irish background tended to respond to pain emotionally.

c. Patients of English background often denied pain altogether.

d. Although patients with Jewish and Italian background displayed similar reactions to pain, their reasons for those reactions were different.

Learning Objective: 11.2: Use the symbolic interaction perspective to show that illness is a social construction.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Meso- and Macro-Level Theoretical Perspectives

Difficulty Level: Hard

13. Functional theorists focus primarily on the ______ level of health care.

a. personal

b. micro

c. meso

d. macro

Learning Objective: 11.2: Use the symbolic interaction perspective to show that illness is a social construction.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Functionalist Perspective

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. The idea that the purpose of the health care system is to maintain social structure and a harmonious balance between individuals and institutions in society most closely reflects ______.

a. symbolic interaction theory

b. conflict theory

c. structural-functional theory

d. feminist theory

Learning Objective: 11.2: Use the symbolic interaction perspective to show that illness is a social construction.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Functionalist Perspective

Difficulty Level: Easy

15. Which of the following functionalists believed that having “experts” in charge led to better patient care?

a. Émile Durkheim

b. Talcott Parsons

c. Robert Merton

d. Bingham Powell

Learning Objective: 11.2: Use the symbolic interaction perspective to show that illness is a social construction.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Functionalist Perspective

Difficulty Level: Hard

16. Which of the following is a key theme of the conflict perspective on health issues?

a. innovation

b. human agency

c. differential access

d. labeling

Learning Objective: 11.2: Use the symbolic interaction perspective to show that illness is a social construction.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Conflict Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. Alistair wants to study pharmaceutical companies that overcharge for lifesaving medications. Alistair is likely taking a ______.

a. symbolic interactionist perspective

b. functionalist perspective

c. conflict perspective

d. feminist perspective

Learning Objective: 11.2: Use the symbolic interaction perspective to show that illness is a social construction.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Conflict Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, living in a ______ can lead to poor diet, obesity, and other related illnesses.

a. food oasis

b. food desert

c. food blight

d. food island

Learning Objective: 11.2: Use the symbolic interaction perspective to show that illness is a social construction.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Conflict Perspective

Difficulty Level: Easy

19. Which of the following is TRUE of smoking in the United States?

a. Just 5% of adults still smoke.

b. Urban areas have higher rates of smokers than rural areas.

c. Among racial and ethnic populations, Hispanics have the highest adult smoking rates.

d. More than 40% of those with just a high school education are addicted to cigarettes.

Learning Objective: 11.2: Use the symbolic interaction perspective to show that illness is a social construction.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Conflict Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. A study of the attitude of male physicians towards menopause would most likely use ______.

a. conflict theory

b. rational choice theory

c. structural-functional theory

d. feminist theory

Learning Objective: 11.2: Use the symbolic interaction perspective to show that illness is a social construction.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Feminist Theory

Difficulty Level: Medium

21. The ______ is a special position in society in which one is temporarily relieved of responsibilities and accepts a position of dependence.

a. sick role

b. sick label

c. sick sanction

d. sick status

Learning Objective: 11.3: Describe the role of the sick person.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Sick Role

Difficulty Level: Easy

22. The sick role model reflects the ______ perspective.

a. symbolic interactionist

b. functionalist

c. feminist

d. conflict

Learning Objective: 11.3: Describe the role of the sick person.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Sick Role

Difficulty Level: Medium

23. Which of the following is TRUE of the sick role?

a. This sick person should define being sick as undesirable.

b. The sick person should try to get well on their own.

c. The sick person must continue to perform their normal social responsibilities.

d. The sickness is the individual’s fault.

Learning Objective: 11.3: Describe the role of the sick person.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Sick Role

Difficulty Level: Easy

23. Which of the following is TRUE of gender and health care in the United States?

a. Men tend to use emergency services more than women.

b. Men are more inclined to go to the doctor than women.

c. Men receive more preventative care than women.

d. Men receive more reproductive care than women.

Learning Objective: 11.3: Describe the role of the sick person.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Social Factors and Attitudes Toward Health, Illness, and Death

Difficulty Level: Medium

24. ______ individuals tend to seek professional health earlier for psychological distress.

a. Wealthier

b. Poor

c. Minority

d. Older

Learning Objective: 11.3: Describe the role of the sick person.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Social Factors and Attitudes Toward Health, Illness, and Death

Difficulty Level: Medium

25. ______ is the government-run insurance plan for low-income families.

a. Medicare

b. Welfare

c. Medicaid

d. Home Health

Learning Objective: 11.3: Describe the role of the sick person.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Social Factors and Attitudes Toward Health, Illness, and Death

Difficulty Level: Medium

26. The high infant mortality rate in the United States compared with rates in other affluent countries is largely attributed to ______.

a. insufficient neonatal technology

b. the lack of adequate health care available to low-income Americans and racial and ethnic minorities

c. the fact that women comprise only 34% of physicians but make up 62% of all pediatricians

d. a widespread lack of education regarding women’s health

Learning Objective: 11.3: Describe the role of the sick person.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Social Factors and Attitudes Toward Health, Illness, and Death

Difficulty Level: Medium

27. The ______ has led to the decline of U.S. citizens who don’t have health insurance.

a. Medicaid Assistance Bill

b. Regulated Insurance Law

c. Medical Necessity Legislation

d. Affordable Care Act

Learning Objective: 11.3: Describe the role of the sick person.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Social Factors and Attitudes Toward Health, Illness, and Death

Difficulty Level: Medium

28. ______ provides a government-supported consumer service that assures equal access to health care for all citizens of a country.

a. Medicare

b. Medicaid

c. Socialized Medicine

d. Decentralized Health Care

Learning Objective: 11.4: Explain modern hospitals as complex organizations with bureaucratic features.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Types of National Health Care Systems

Difficulty Level: Easy

29. Which of the following is TRUE of the health care system in the United States?

a. The United States has universal health care.

b. The United States spends the most on health care, but also achieves the best results in terms of access, efficiency, equity, and health care outcomes.

c. The United States has completely rejected the health-care-for-all-philosophy.

d. The United States has a mix of socialized and private health care programs.

Learning Objective: 11.4: Explain modern hospitals as complex organizations with bureaucratic features.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Types of National Health Care Systems

Difficulty Level: Medium

30. When did the dominance of the hospital in providing medical care begin in the United States?

a. in the colonial period

b. in the early 1900s

c. in the post-World War II period

d. in the 1990s

Learning Objective: 11.4: Explain modern hospitals as complex organizations with bureaucratic features.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Hospitals as Complex Organizations

Difficulty Level: Hard

31. Tyrone is studying the signs of superior status of physicians in hospitals, including the practice of wearing long white coats or NOT wearing special uniforms at all. Tyrone is most likely taking a ______ approach in his research.

a. symbolic interactionist

b. conflict

c. feminist

d. functionalist

Learning Objective: 11.4: Explain modern hospitals as complex organizations with bureaucratic features.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Hospitals as Complex Organizations

Difficulty Level: Hard

32. After the American Medical Association was established, it became the means to gain legitimacy and power of health care practice. As a result, only one health approach, ______, was granted legitimacy.

a. homeopathy

b. osteopathy

c. allopathy

d. midwifery

Learning Objective: 11.4: Explain modern hospitals as complex organizations with bureaucratic features.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Changing Professional Status of Employees in the Health Care System

Difficulty Level: Medium

33. Though physicians maintain a very high status in society, they have lost some control over health care to ______.

a. patients

b. nurses

c. social workers

d. insurance companies and hospital administrators

Learning Objective: 11.4: Explain modern hospitals as complex organizations with bureaucratic features.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Changing Professional Status of Employees in the Health Care System

Difficulty Level: Easy

34. ______ is the process through which a professional occupation loses autonomy, respect, and service orientation because the professions come to be controlled by non-professionals and outside forces.

a. Demedicalization

b. Deprofessionalization

c. Outsourcing

d. Offshoring

Learning Objective: 11.4: Explain modern hospitals as complex organizations with bureaucratic features.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Changing Professional Status of Employees in the Health Care System

Difficulty Level: Easy

35. Recent ______ advances include improved motor vehicle safety, safer workplaces, and greater control of infectious diseases.

a. medical

b. homeopathic

c. public-health

d. prenatal

Learning Objective: 11.4: Explain modern hospitals as complex organizations with bureaucratic features.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Health Care Advances

Difficulty Level: Easy

36. One of the greatest criticisms of the U.S. system is ______.

a. the high cost of health care

b. the low quality of care

c. the low quality of medical training

d. the lack of a single-payer system

Learning Objective: 11.4: Explain modern hospitals as complex organizations with bureaucratic features.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Health Care Cost and Funding

Difficulty Level: Easy

37. Which statement accurately describes the impact of the Affordable Care Act in the United States?

a. The number of uninsured Americans is gradually decreasing.

b. Insurance companies allow doctors to determine which services are medically necessary and how much they will be reimbursed.

c. Health care providers are moving toward the fee-for-service model.

d. Health care is free for naturalized citizens.

Learning Objective: 11.4: Explain modern hospitals as complex organizations with bureaucratic features.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Health Care Cost and Funding

Difficulty Level: Medium

38. Under the provisions of the Affordable Care Act, a business with over ______ employees is required to provide a health insurance plan.

a. 10

b. 50

c. 250

d. 500

Learning Objective: 11.4: Explain modern hospitals as complex organizations with bureaucratic features.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Health Care Cost and Funding

Difficulty Level: Hard

39. Under the provisions of the Affordable Care Act, young adults can be covered on their parent’s insurance plan until age ______.

a. 18

b. 21

c. 26

d. 30

Learning Objective: 11.4: Explain modern hospitals as complex organizations with bureaucratic features.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Health Care Cost and Funding

Difficulty Level: Medium

40. Which of the following is an example of a CAM therapy?

a. monoclonal antibody therapy

b. TK cell therapy

c. chemotherapy

d. megavitamin therapy

Learning Objective: 11.5: Describe how globalization influences health care issues at the micro, meso, and macro levels.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Health Care Around the Globe

Difficulty Level: Hard

True/False

1. A pandemic is a disease prevalent in a particular area.

Learning Objective: 11.1: Provide examples of health at the societal level and Illustrate how health issues impact us at the micro, meso, and macro levels.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Health at the Macro Level

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Meso-level analyses of health are concerned, in part, with how other institutions affect health care.

Learning Objective: 11.1: Provide examples of health at the societal level and Illustrate how health issues impact us at the micro, meso, and macro levels.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Health at the Meso Level

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Labeling theory, as applied to the study of health and illness, is most closely associated with the functionalist perspective.

Learning Objective: 11.2: Use the symbolic interaction perspective to show that illness is a social construction.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Symbolic Interaction Perspective and Labeling Theory

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Labeling some behaviors as illnesses can be beneficial for patients’ care.

Learning Objective: 11.2: Use the symbolic interaction perspective to show that illness is a social construction.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Symbolic Interaction Perspective and Labeling Theory

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. The functionalist perspective focuses primarily on the micro level of the health care system.

Learning Objective: 11.2: Use the symbolic interaction perspective to show that illness is a social construction.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Functionalist Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Differential access is a key theme in the conflict perspective on health issues.

Learning Objective: 11.2: Use the symbolic interaction perspective to show that illness is a social construction.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Conflict Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. There is a severe shortage of primary care physicians in the rural United States.

Learning Objective: 11.2: Use the symbolic interaction perspective to show that illness is a social construction.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Conflict Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. In the United States, the number of cesarean births have dropped drastically over the past 50 years.

Learning Objective: 11.2: Use the symbolic interaction perspective to show that illness is a social construction.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Feminist Theory

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. According to functionalist thought, it is important to guard against misuse of illness as an excuse for avoiding social responsibility.

Learning Objective: 11.3: Describe the role of the sick person.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Sick Role

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. Women tend to go to the doctor less and receive less preventative care.

Learning Objective: 11.3: Describe the role of the sick person.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Social Factors and Attitudes Toward Health, Illness, and Death

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. Though the infant mortality rate in the United States has declined over the past years, it is still relatively high due in large part to the lack of adequate health care available to Blacks and American Indians/Alaska Natives.

Learning Objective: 11.3: Describe the role of the sick person.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Social Factors and Attitudes Toward Health, Illness, and Death

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. In the United States, the people in the lowest income group have the least contact with physicians.

Learning Objective: 11.3: Describe the role of the sick person.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Social Factors and Attitudes Toward Health, Illness, and Death

Difficulty Level: Hard

13. All lower-income Americans have access to health care via Medicaid.

Learning Objective: 11.3: Describe the role of the sick person.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Social Factors and Attitudes Toward Health, Illness, and Death

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. Decentralized health programs provide a government-supported consumer service with equal access to health care for all citizens of a country.

Learning Objective: 11.4: Explain modern hospitals as complex organizations with bureaucratic features.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Types of National Health Care Systems

Difficulty Level: Easy

15. Canada and Great Britain are examples of countries that have socialized medicine.

Learning Objective: 11.4: Explain modern hospitals as complex organizations with bureaucratic features.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Types of National Health Care Systems

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. The United States is unique among Global North countries in that it has a mix of socialized and private health care programs.

Learning Objective: 11.4: Explain modern hospitals as complex organizations with bureaucratic features.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Types of National Health Care Systems

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. Health care systems are major employers in most affluent nations.

Learning Objective: 11.5: Describe how globalization influences health care issues at the micro, meso, and macro levels.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Hospitals as Complex Organizations

Difficulty Level: Easy

18. Hospital administrators compose the largest group of health care workers.

Learning Objective: 11.4: Explain modern hospitals as complex organizations with bureaucratic features.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Hospitals as Complex Organizations

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. There are sociology-related questions covered on the MCAT exam.

Learning Objective: 11.4: Explain modern hospitals as complex organizations with bureaucratic features.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Changing Professional Status of Employees in the Health Care System

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. The U.S. health care system has the lowest per capita cost in the world.

Learning Objective: 11.5: Describe how globalization influences health care issues at the micro, meso, and macro levels.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Health Care System in the United States.

Difficulty Level: Easy

21. The Affordable Care Act encourages health providers to move towards the fee-for-service model.

Learning Objective: 11.5: Describe how globalization influences health care issues at the micro, meso, and macro levels.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Health Care Cost and Funding

Difficulty Level: Medium

22. Many doctors in the Global North reject acupuncture as unscientific and ineffective.

Learning Objective: 11.5: Describe how globalization influences health care issues at the micro, meso, and macro levels.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Health Care Around the Globe

Difficulty Level: Medium

23. The United States is the biggest market for the sale of body parts.

Learning Objective: 11.5: Describe how globalization influences health care issues at the micro, meso, and macro levels.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Globalization of Medical Problems

Difficulty Level: Medium

24. Measles has recently reemerged in several areas of the United States.

Learning Objective: 11.5: Describe how globalization influences health care issues at the micro, meso, and macro levels.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Globalization and the Mobility of Disease

Difficulty Level: Medium

25. The growing number of locations with shared circulated air helps combat the spread of disease.

Learning Objective: 11.5: Describe how globalization influences health care issues at the micro, meso, and macro levels.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Globalization and the Mobility of Disease

Difficulty Level: Easy

Essay

1. Discuss two arguments in favor of euthanasia and two arguments against it.

Learning Objective: 11.1: Provide examples of health at the societal level and Illustrate how health issues impact us at the micro, meso, and macro levels.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Define and explain what is meant by medicalization and demedicalization. Provide an example of each.

Learning Objective: 11.2: Use the symbolic interaction perspective to show that illness is a social construction.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Medicalization and Labeling

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. How does patient perception, experience, and reaction to pain differ by cultural background?

Learning Objective: 11.2: Use the symbolic interaction perspective to show that illness is a social construction.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Meso- and Macro-Level Theoretical Perspectives

Difficulty Level: Hard

4. Differential access is a key theme of the conflict perspective on health care. Provide three examples of how differential access contributes to health care issues in the United States.

Learning Objective: 11.2: Use the symbolic interaction perspective to show that illness is a social construction.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Conflict Perspective

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. How have feminists worked to regain control of women’s health?

Learning Objective: 11.2: Use the symbolic interaction perspective to show that illness is a social construction.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Feminist Theory

Difficulty Level: Hard

6. Why is being sick NOT just a physical condition?

Learning Objective: 11.3: Describe the role of the sick person.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Status and Roles of the Sick Person: Micro-Level Analysis

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. How does chronic illness complicate the sick role model?

Learning Objective: 11.3: Describe the role of the sick person.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Sick Role Model

Difficulty Level: Hard

8. What factors contribute to the relatively high infant mortality rate in the United States?

Learning Objective: 11.3: Describe the role of the sick person.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Social Predictors in Individual Health and Illness

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. Compare and contrast socialized and decentralized national health care programs.

Learning Objective: 11.4: Explain modern hospitals as complex organizations with bureaucratic features.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Types of National Health Care Systems

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. What type of health care system exists in the United States?

Learning Objective: 11.4: Explain modern hospitals as complex organizations with bureaucratic features.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Types of National Health Care Systems

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. What is fee-for-service health care? How does it contribute to the high cost of health care?

Learning Objective: 11.4: Explain modern hospitals as complex organizations with bureaucratic features.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Types of National Health Care Systems

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. How has the professional status of physicians in the United States changed over time?

Learning Objective: 11.4: Explain modern hospitals as complex organizations with bureaucratic features.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Changing Professional Status of Employees in the Health Care System

Difficulty Level: Hard

13. Why is the United States considered to have the best and worst health care system among Global North Countries?

Learning Objective: 11.5: Describe how globalization influences health care issues at the micro, meso, and macro levels.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Health Care System in the United States

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. Define and explain what is meant by complementary and alternative medicines, or CAMs. Provide examples.

Learning Objective: 11.5: Describe how globalization influences health care issues at the micro, meso, and macro levels.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Health Care Around the Globe

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. How does social stratification create an international market for body parts?

Learning Objective: 11.5: Describe how globalization influences health care issues at the micro, meso, and macro levels.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Globalization of Medical Problems

Difficulty Level: Hard