Exam 14: Health and Illness

When our individual,genetic,and physiological illness and disease risks are exacerbated by social factors like the neighborhood where we live,race,ethnic and class inequality,and corporate and governmental policies and practices,this is referred to sociologically as:

________ gather and analyze data on particular illnesses;how,where,and to whom they are spread;and how to stop their spread.

Epidemiologists are currently studying the role of temperature increases in the spread of diseases globally.Specifically,they have found that increases in temperature can also increase pathogen-carrying agents called:

Compare and contrast structural functionalist and conflict theories' approaches to American medicine.What are the strengths and weaknesses of each approach?

List one way the social meaning of the causes of mental illness has changed considerably over time.

Since ordinary consumers do not have the same expertise to evaluate prescription drugs,pharmaceutical companies often appeal to desires for:

Malaria is a serious health concern in Cambodia.In some villages,especially those surrounded by forests,the rate of malaria infection is 40 percent.Due to your extensive professional experience with the study of social disease patterns,you have been asked to research the problem for the World Health Organization.You are most likely a(n):

Which sociological perspective would view disease as a threat to social order?

Until Congress passed ________ in 2010,the United States was the only industrialized nation without some form of nationalized health care.

When an epidemic spreads across national borders,across continents,or around the world,it is referred to as a(n):

Studies of doctor-patient relations find that:

AIDS is distributed disproportionately throughout the world.Approximately ________ of cases occur in the wealthy,industrialized nations.

Discuss the three theoretical approaches to suicide from your text.What are their key features and strengths and weaknesses?

Jordan has been suffering from sinus pain for several months,and his physician prescribes over-the-counter decongestants and acupuncture.This is an example of ________ medicine.

A popular television program called The Swan aimed to turn less visually appealing people into more socially acceptable ones by radically changing their appearance through plastic surgery,as well as through clothing,style,and makeup artistry.This is an example of:

Television announcer Al Roker and singer Carnie Wilson have both undergone stomach stapling,or gastric bypass surgery,as a radical and invasive approach to weight loss.Previously,weight loss was not usually considered a medical problem that could be addressed through surgery.This is evidence of:

What is a food desert and how does it exemplify the main point of this chapter: that health and illness are socially constructed?

Why is it important to address that,today,approximately 75 percent of patients die in hospitals or nursing homes in the United States?

Use conflict and symbolic interactionist theories to explain why 20.2 percent of all African American males between the ages of 20 and 44 die by homicide.

In the opening of the chapter,the authors note that residents of Las Vegas have 50 percent greater odds of committing suicide than people who do not live in Las Vegas,and that visitors' risk of suicide doubles while there.Which theory of suicide would assert that Vegas residents and tourists are disproportionately prone to impulsiveness?