Sociology Test 4

Question 1

health

Answer 1

state of complete physical, mental and social well-being

Question 2

social epidemiology

Answer 2

study of how health and disease are disturbed throughout a society’s population

Question 3

how many years does it take to reverse the damage that smoking can cause?

Answer 3

10 years

Question 4

eating disorder

Answer 4

disorder that involves intense dieting or other unhealthy method of weight control driven by the desire to be very thin

Question 5

what percentage of adults in the US are overweight?

Answer 5

63%

Question 6

living will

Answer 6

states the extent of medical care a person would or wouldn’t want in the event of an illness or injury that leaves the person unable to make decisions

Question 7

euthanasia

Answer 7

mercy killing

assisting in death of a person suffering from an incurable disease

Question 8

medicine

Answer 8

social institution that focuses on fighting disease and improving health

Question 9

American Medical Association

Answer 9

AMA; founded in 1847

Question 10

transmitted diseases caused by microscopic organisms that are transmitted by sexual contact

Answer 10

gonorrhea and syphilis

Question 11

transmitted diseases that are a virus, incurable, and may not have symptoms

Answer 11

herpes

Question 12

transmitted diseases that is incurable and almost always fatal, caused by HIV which attacks white blood cells and weakens immune system

Answer 12

AIDS, 1981

Question 13

holistic medicine

Answer 13

approach to health care that emphasizes prevention of illness and takes into account a person’s entire physical and social environment

Question 14

socialist medical care

Answer 14

provides medical care directly to people, state owns and operates medical facilities with gov. employees

Question 15

capitalist medical care

Answer 15

pay for medical care out of own pocket, is beyond reach for more ppl

Question 16

socialized medicine

Answer 16

medical care system in which gov owns and operates most medical facilities and employs most physicians

Question 17

direct-fee system

Answer 17

medical care system in which patients pay directly for services of physicians and hospitals

Question 18

health maintenance organization (HMO)

Answer 18

organization that provides comprehensive medical care to subscribers for a fixed fee

Question 19

structural-functional approach

Answer 19

roles: sick role and physicians role

Question 20

symbolic-interaction approach

Answer 20

social constructs of illness, treatment, and personal identity

Question 21

social conflict an d feminist approach

Answer 21

health and social inequality

• access to medical care
• profit motive
• medicine as politics

Question 22

profit motive

Answer 22

medical care should be motivated by concern for ppl, not profits

Question 23

What percentage of college students will contract an STI during college?

Answer 23

1/3

Question 24

What percentage of ppl die before the age of 20 in poor countries?

Answer 24

25%

Question 25

What percentage of americans smoke?

Answer 25

1960s: 45%
2009: 21%

Question 26

How many deaths are related to obesity a year?

Answer 26

112000