Exam 13: The Body, Medicine, Health, and Health Care

The premise of Naomi Wolf's book ______ states that the media exerts a great deal of influence in terms of physical appearance and sets unattainable standards of beauty.

Which one of the following is NOT a key aspect of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)?

Which one of the following is NOT addressed within the field of medical sociology?

What proportion of the world HIV population lives in sub-Saharan Africa?

Discuss three ways that the internet has played a role in consumerism as it relates to health care.

Tuberculosis is an example of a(n) ______ disease.

Discuss three points explaining the relationship between social class, race, and health in the United States.

Body modifications such as tattoos have become less widespread and common in recent years.

Despite health problems, the ______ industry continues to be central to the global economy.

In 2015, the United States spent ______ percent of the GDP on health expenditures, ranking ______ in country expenditures as a proportion of GDP.

Medicalization is the process of labeling and defining aspects of life as medical problems that were not previously so labeled and defined.

The population that is most vulnerable to the spread of HIV/AIDS is the least likely to have access to high-quality health care and expensive drugs that can slow the progress of the disease.

There is a greater likelihood that people who live in the lower social classes ______.

A negative aspect of globalization regarding health is the flow of ______ diseases.

Joe is a wrestler who stops eating to try and meet his goal weight for his upcoming match. Soon he develops a condition known as ______.

Across the globe, men live longer than women.

The most popular plastic surgery in 2015 was liposuction.

Michel Foucault's best-known book is The Sociological Body.

Today, body modifications, especially tattoos, are ______.

German sociologist Ulrich Beck argues that we live in a body-oriented society.