Deck 19: Health and Medicine

Question 1

Which of the following supplies access to clean drinking water and basic sewage and sanitation services in Canada?

A) the health care system
B) the public health system
C) the medical care system
D) the government health and welfare system

Answer 1

B

Question 2

In Canada in1831,what was the average age that people lived to?

A) 40 years of age
B) 50 years of age
C) 60 years of age
D) 70 years of age

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Sir Thomas Waldicott,a titled nobleman,was able to take actions to save himself and his immediate family from contracting the Black Plague.What did he most likely do?

A) He purchased the best medical care available.
B) He barricaded himself and his family in their London townhome.
C) He avoided the poor in his city.
D) He took his family to their country estate.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following is a social cause of illness and death?

A) exposure to infection
B) personality factors
C) genetic predisposition
D) lifestyle factors

Question 5

According to the textbook,which of the following is most likely to have poor health due to environmental factors?

A) Jimmy, an Indigenous hunter from Fort Chipewyan, Alberta
B) Justin, a clerical worker in Vancouver, British Columbia
C) Maxine, a lawyer in Regina, Saskatchewan
D) Sharon, an online tutor living in rural Nova Scotia

Question 6

Brian is a 75-year-old man whose wife has just died.According to the textbook,which of the following is he at a higher risk for experiencing?

A) an accident
B) suicide
C) social isolation
D) Alzheimer's disease

Question 7

According to the textbook,which nation currently has the longest life expectancy in the?

A) Canada
B) Japan
C) Norway
D) the Czech Republic

Question 8

Donavon,like 1 percent of the Canadian population,has lived long life.What age did he live to?

A) 70 years
B) 80 years
C) 90 years
D) 100 years

Question 9

What do we call the average age of death of the members of a population?

A) the life span
B) the life rate
C) the life expectancy
D) the life course

Question 10

According to the textbook,in which of the following nations are people deprived of 42 years of life?

A) the United States
B) Lesotho
C) India
D) Russia

Question 11

What shifted from the number ten cause of death in Canada in 1901 to being the number one cause of death in Canada in 2007?

A) heart disease
B) stroke
C) cancer
D) liver disease/cirrhosis

Question 12

How many people were killed as a result of the Back Plague in Europe in the fourteenth century?

A) one-quarter of Europe's population
B) one-third of Europe's population
C) one-half of Europe's population
D) two-thirds of Europe's population

Question 13

Deaths from which of the following outweigh the combined number of deaths of accidents,suicides,and homicides in Canada?

A) alcohol-induced cirrhosis
B) tobacco use
C) social isolation
D) depression and anxiety

Question 14

Between 1867 and 2009,what happened to the average age of death in Canada?

A) It halved.
B) It doubled.
C) It tripled.
D) It quadrupled.

Question 15

Benjamin's religion required him to honour the higher power by performing regular bodily cleansing rituals.Which religion prescribed these practices and saved many people from contracting the Black Plague?

A) Roman Catholicism
B) Lutheranism
C) Judaism
D) Hinduism

Question 16

Tyrone has contracted a rare life-threatening strain of measles in Canada.In which of the following types of social causes was there a problem?

A) lifestyle factors
B) human-environment factors
C) social class factors
D) public health system factors

Question 17

What was the key factor that would have saved many lives during the Black Plague?

A) better sanitation
B) better nutrition
C) better medicine
D) better housing

Question 18

Which of the following is demonstrated by the fact that health risks are always unevenly distributed in a population based on social class,gender,and ethnicity?

A) Certain populations have susceptibility to disease while others do not.
B) Health and disease are biologically based.
C) Disease and health are randomly attributed to people.
D) Social forces shape susceptibility to disease and health.

Question 19

In Medieval times,leeches were commonly used as a remedy for someone who was ill.What was the belief behind this widespread practice?

A) Leeches were thought to calm people because the feel of them was soothing on the skin.
B) It was believed that leeches injected the body with life-giving properties.
C) Leeches were believed to be creatures of God and hence able to bestow spiritual protection against disease.
D) People who were ill were often believed to have too much blood and the leeches could help drain the excess.

Question 20

According to the learned Parisian medical community in 1345,what was the root cause of the Black Plague?

A) bilious humours in the body
B) an unfortunate planetary alignment
C) dragons moving in from the edge of the world
D) an epic battle between God and Satan

Question 21

According to the textbook,more than one-sixth of the global population lack access to which of the following?

A) clean drinking water
B) sanitation
C) medical care
D) vaccinations

Question 22

Stephen is a city planner whose expertise is working on various issues to do with upgrading the municipal water supply.What type of system is Stephen a part of?

A) the government health and welfare system
B) the civil health care system
C) the public health system
D) the health care system

Question 23

Lynette is one of 100 nurses who serve the population of her community of 10 000.Which of the following nations does she most likely live in?

A) India
B) Japan
C) Canada
D) the United States

Question 24

Besides higher rates of illness and mortality,what else increases as income decreases?

A) stress
B) public education
C) physical activity
D) prescription drug use

Question 25

Despite Canada's universal health care system,which of the following contributes significantly to the differences experienced by people in illness and mortality?

A) life expectancy
B) socioeconomic status
C) HIV/AIDS exposure
D) prenatal mortality

Question 26

Sara's baby boy died when he was nine months old.What does his death contribute to in Canada?

A) the gross domestic population rate
B) the infant mortality rate
C) the prenatal death rate
D) the perinatal death rate

Question 27

Approximately what percentage of the world population is infected with HIV/AIDS?

A) 1 percent
B) 3 percent
C) 5 percent
D) 7 percent

Question 28

According to the textbook,where is spending on HIV/AIDS research and treatment concentrated?

A) sub-Saharan Africa
B) North America and Western Europe
C) Asia
D) South America

Question 29

According to the textbook,which of the following is associated with high rates of tobacco and alcohol consumption?

A) high income
B) high rates of mental illness
C) high rates of poverty
D) HIV/AIDS

Question 30

Shannon is an emergency room doctor at a Vancouver hospital.What type of system is Shannon part of?

A) the government health and welfare system
B) the public health system
C) the emergency care system
D) the health care system

Question 31

Approximately what proportion of Inuit women use tobacco while pregnant?

A) one-quarter
B) one-third
C) one-half
D) three-quarters

Question 32

Canada has a network of clinics,hospitals,and other facilities that are effective in treating illness and working on preventative health issues.What do we call this network?

A) the health care system
B) the public health system
C) the medical care system
D) the government health and welfare system

Question 33

Miriam is happy to report at a conference that in her country only one child per 1000 dies before reaching one year of age.Which of the following nations does she live in?

A) India
B) Japan
C) Canada
D) the United States

Question 34

Which of the following nations spent the largest proportion of their GDP on health care in 2006?

A) India
B) Japan
C) Canada
D) the United States

Question 35

According to the textbook,what is social isolation among the elderly associated with?

A) ageism
B) suicide
C) depression
D) Alzheimer's disease

Question 36

Even among people who have the same access to medical resources,people of higher social rank and prestige tend to live healthier lives.Why is this so?

A) People of higher social rank experience more activity, which keeps them from focusing on problems.
B) People of higher social rank experience less stress because they are more in control of their lives.
C) People of higher social rank are more valued by all social classes.
D) People of higher rank have more time to relax and enjoy life.

Question 37

Joseph is the only doctor in his community of 10 000 people.Which of the following nations does he most likely live in?

A) India
B) Lesotho
C) Canada
D) the United States

Question 38

Jackson is concerned because on the reserve where he has just gotten a job as a community health nurse,twice as many babies die before the age of one year than in the general Canadian population.What he is concerned about?

A) the prenatal death rate
B) the perinatal death rate
C) the infant mortality rate
D) the community mortality rate

Question 39

In Canada,what is being poor associated with?

A) increases in heart disease
B) poor prenatal care
C) accidental deaths
D) schizophrenia

Question 40

What system has been even more important than biomedical advances in improving overall population health and ensuring longevity?

A) the health care system
B) the public health system
C) the medical care system
D) the government health and welfare system

Question 41

As a result of his low education and inability to speak English or French,Frankie has unsteady employment,mainly working in low-wage jobs in toxic environments.Which of the following is he most likely to experience?

A) social apprehension
B) social exclusion
C) social division
D) social reduction

Question 42

A2005 Supreme Court ruling overturned the decision that people who have to wait for government-subsidized care are disallowed from accessing private care.Which of the following problems was this ruling widely believed to open the door to?

A) decreased provincial funding for health care
B) increased prescription drug costs
C) a two-tier system of health care
D) smaller federal tax revenues going to fund health care

Question 43

What is the typical first response of American Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs)to a patient's claim?

A) denial
B) negotiation
C) full support
D) limited support

Question 44

According to the textbook,how is Canada's health care system generally viewed?

A) good for the rich; bad for the poor
B) a fool's paradise
C) a privatized system of care
D) socialized medicine

Question 45

Who is regarded as "the father of medicare" in Canada?

A) Pierre Trudeau
B) Tommy Douglas
C) Lester B. Pearson
D) David Lewis

Question 46

According to the textbook,in what way does the United States have an excellent health care system?

A) in how it treats people from marginalized groups
B) in that its system administration costs are so low
C) in that it costs no more than Canada's
D) in that anyone who can afford it gets great health care

Question 47

In Canada in the twentieth century,many First Nations women were surgically sterilized without their knowledge or consent,due to prevailing beliefs that they had too many children.What is this practice an example of?

A) medicalization of deviance
B) physician-based categorization
C) physiological criminalization
D) genetic predispositioning

Question 48

Which of the following groups is most likely to report poor health in Canada?

A) Sikh Canadians
B) Japanese Canadians
C) Aboriginal Canadians
D) Chinese Canadians

Question 49

Americans spend almost twice as much on health care as in Japan and nearly 60 percent more than in Canada.Which of the following accounts for the fact that Americans are not as healthy as Canadians or the Japanese?

A) The United States has an insufficient health care system.
B) The United States has a shortage of properly trained medical staff.
C) The United States has a large population of poor people.
D) The United States lags behind in medical research.

Question 50

Johan is complaining to his brother about medical services in Canada? Which of the following is most likely to be his main complaint?

A) There is too much privatization of the system.
B) The wealthy are always treated first.
C) Wait times for service are too long.
D) Hospitals are not utilized to full capacity.

Question 51

Travis checks himself into a rehabilitation centre to help him kick his cocaine addiction.Which of the following assumptions underlies the existence of such facilities?

A) Addiction is a voluntary act.
B) Addiction is an involuntary act.
C) Addition is evil.
D) Addiction is an act of bad faith.

Question 52

Why are prescription drug costs higher in the United States than in many other nations?

A) because of free market capitalism
B) because of government-sponsored drug companies
C) because of the large population in the United States
D) because American doctors tend to overprescribe medication

Question 53

Which of the following situations is privatized health care believed to cause?

A) inequality of access to health care
B) relative equality of access to health care
C) a better overall health care system
D) a decline in the quality of health care services

Question 54

Which of the following groups is most likely to encounter indifference or hostility while seeking medical care in Canada?

A) women
B) men
C) Sikhs
D) Jews

Question 55

Over time,medical definitions of atypical or harmful behaviour have become more prevalent.What do we call this phenomenon?

A) genetic predispositioning
B) physician-based categorization
C) physiological criminalization
D) medicalization of deviance

Question 56

In earlier eras,how was deviant behaviour usually viewed?

A) as evil
B) as acceptable
C) as a sickness
D) as normal

Question 57

Jason is addicted to methamphetamine.According to the textbook,how would he most likely have been viewed in the nineteenth century?

A) as having an illness
B) as possessed by evil
C) as a drifter or vagabond
D) as a cult member

Question 58

Amrita lives in rural India.Which of the following puts her,along with up to one-half of other women around her,at a heightened risk for death?

A) pregnancy
B) female genital mutilation/surgery
C) kitchen accidents
D) depression

Question 59

Which of the following is a cause of gender inequality in health and health care?

A) More health care dollars go to researching men and men's diseases.
B) Women are more often used to test experimental drugs and treatments.
C) Women outlive men and experience fewer acute illnesses.
D) Women outlive men and experience fewer chronic illnesses.

Question 60

Which of the following was the final wealthy nation to ensure that most of the population had some kind of health care coverage?

A) Switzerland
B) the United States
C) Finland
D) Greece

Question 61

What has been an unforeseen consequence of the over-prescription of penicillin and other antibiotics in Canada?

A) an emergence of drug-resistant super germs
B) an increase in cancer rates
C) a spike in suicide rates
D) a decline in the rate of elective surgery

Question 62

According to the textbook,which of the following is the most common mental illness affecting Canadians today?

A) bipolar disorder
B) schizophrenia
C) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
D) depression

Question 63

Toronto dwellers Elliott and Eileen had a string of terrible luck.First their son had a stroke and then they both contracted severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).Where is it most likely that the couple contracted SARS?

A) travelling on public transit
B) at home
C) in the hospital visiting their son
D) at work

Question 64

Who was successful in getting post-traumatic stress disorder included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychiatric Disorders (DSM)?

A) women who experienced violence by their husbands
B) police officers and firefighters
C) feminists
D) Vietnam War veterans

Question 65

Shauna woke up feeling unwell and called in to work to ask for the day off.According to Talcott Parsons,what are her actions compatible with?

A) the commonality of using workplace benefits
B) the sick role
C) a broader understanding of the ease with which people contract superbugs
D) functional illness

Question 66

Who was successful in getting self-defeating personality disorder removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychiatric Disorders (DSM)?

A) women who experienced violence by their husbands
B) police officers and firefighters
C) feminists
D) Vietnam War veterans

Question 67

Which of the following groups has profited financially the most from the expansion of the list of psychiatric disorders?

A) doctors
B) pharmaceutical companies
C) psychiatrists
D) politicians

Question 68

What is the institutional manifestation of medical doctors' professional dominance?

A) diagnostic testing
B) power over nurses
C) the modern hospital
D) consultation with patients as collaborators in patient care

Question 69

What do we call the control and authority over an occupation typically exhibited by high-prestige individuals?

A) labour market segmentation
B) occupational inflation
C) credentialization
D) professionalization

Question 70

Prior to 1974,which of the following was listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychiatric Disorders (DSM)?

A) excessive conformity
B) creativity
C) aging
D) homosexuality

Question 71

Approximately how many mental disorders were listed in the 1994 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychiatric Disorders (DSM)?

A) 100
B) 200
C) 300
D) 400

Question 72

Lillian is a quiet and slightly introverted eight-year-old girl who has been diagnosed with depression by a psychiatrist who only spent ten minutes with her.What term does the textbook use for this type of situation?

A) reverse engineering
B) disorder deregulation
C) overdiagnosis
D) diagnosis inflation

Question 73

Robin is suffering from depression but refuses to take the medication that her doctor prescribes her.What is she failing to follow?

A) patient rights
B) alternative treatments
C) professionalization
D) the sick role

Question 74

Given what is known about illnesses such as post-traumatic stress disorder becoming included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychiatric Disorders (DSM),which of the following often means the difference between inclusion and exclusion,over and above simple physical or mental symptomology?

A) the success of political lobbying efforts
B) the weight of evidence presented by science
C) the amount of money contributed to the American Psychiatric Association
D) the broad social class base of people who exhibit the symptoms

Question 75

Renée is a registered nurse who is nearing retirement.She has seen a lot of changes to protocol in the hospital she has worked in,and she is unhappy about one particular change that has shifted the focus from overall hospital cleanliness. What was that change?

A) the introduction of antibiotics
B) the attitude of younger staff toward patient care
C) the focus on unnecessary surgeries
D) the number of superbugs that are resistant to pharmaceutical regimes

Question 76

Ari is a ten-year-old boy who is always in trouble with his teachers at school for being distracted and distracting other children in class with his boundless energy and clowning around.Which of the following conditions will he most likely be diagnosed with?

A) egoistic catatonia
B) self-defeating personality disorder
C) attention deficit disorder
D) narcissistic personality disorder

Question 77

What occurred with medical doctors in the late 1800s that prevented many midwives,chiropractors,and herbalists from continuing to practise in Canada?

A) Doctors created a monopoly.
B) Doctors formed an oligarchy.
C) Doctors integrated horizontally.
D) Doctors unionized.

Question 78

Which of the following is most likely to intervene in issues such as drug addiction and alcoholism?

A) the church
B) the medical profession
C) the government
D) communities

Question 79

Charles was diagnosed in Canada with a mental disorder in the year 1902.What was he most likely diagnosed with?

A) psychosis
B) neurosis
C) obsessive-compulsive disorder
D) insanity

Question 80

In 2001,approximately what percentage of Canadians did the Canadian Mental Health Association estimate will be affected by a mental illness at some point in their lives?

A) 5 percent
B) 10 percent
C) 15 percent
D) 20 percent