Exam 15: Health and the Environment

In what year did Medicare become so expensive that the federal government introduced a price-control system?

Sociologist Talcott Parsons suggests that the doctor-patient relationship is somewhat like that between

What percentage of Hispanics are estimated to rely upon home remedies?

The irony of midwives is that they first brought professionalism to child delivery, yet today they are portrayed as invading the legitimate field of obstetrics.

NIH-sponsored national surveys found that what percentage of adults used some form of alternative medicine including prayer?

Contributing to our environmental problems is that we as consumers want inexpensive clothes and toys; yet we as citizens condemn developing countries for depending on coal-fired power plants.

The Exxon Valdez incident in 1989 illustrates the nature of

Which sociological perspective would emphasize how inequalities in health care have clear life-and-death consequences for some due to the unequal distribution of resources?

The immigration to the U.S. of skilled workers, professionals, and technicians who are desperately needed in their home countries is referred to as

Which area of study is concerned with the interrelationships among people in their spatial setting and physical environment?

What role do you feel globalization plays in our current environmental problems? Discuss the positive and negative attributes globalization brings to the issue of pollution. Finally, construct a contemporary plan for addressing environmental pollution that includes economic, cultural, and ecological concerns.

Each year, how many acres of forest are cleared for crops and livestock?

Which sociological perspective suggests that the term medicalization of society refers to the growing role of medicine as a major institution of social control?

Research in the United States and other countries has consistently shown that people in the lower classes have

Mortality rates are the

Which of the following is a way in which medicine manifests its social control?

The acronym NIMBY stands for

Which sociological perspective would be most likely to argue that policymakers have been slow to respond to the AIDS crisis because those in high-risk groups, such as gay men and intravenous drug users, are comparatively powerless?

What reason do skeptics of conflict-based explanations give for why 43 percent of the people who live within 1 mile of hazardous waste treatment facilities in the U.S. do so?

The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008