Exam 14: Health, Health Care, and Disability.

The __________ is the number of deaths of infants under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births in a given year.

According to medical sociologist Paul Starr, __________ is the main reason for medical inflation because it gives doctors and hospitals an incentive to increase medical services.

Sociologist Ingrid Waldron notes that gender roles and gender socialization contribute to the differences in life expectancy. Which of the following statements was not a contributing factor to the differences in life expectancy between men and women?

Discuss the four sociological perspectives in terms of their views on health care in the U.S.

A child born in the United States in 2000 had a life expectancy of __________.

Compare and contrast holistic medicine and alternative medicine with traditional or orthodox medical treatment.

Alcoholic cirrhosis is the __________ most frequent cause of death in the United States.

In relation to the study of health, the environment includes the physical (geography and climate), biological (presence or absence of known disease agents), and social (socioeconomic status, occupation, and location of home).

AIDS is caused by __________, and is among the most significant health problems that this nation and the world faces today.

A TV actor is advertising a drug and states that, "I have had the same affliction and I know what you are going through." This illustrates _________________ framing.

According to the __________ approach, if society is to operate as a stable system, it is important for people to be healthy and to contribute to their society. Consequently, sickness is viewed as a form of deviant behavior that must be controlled by society.

List and discuss three major social implications of advanced medical technology.

__________ are the only high income nations without some form of universal health coverage for all citizens.

According to the functionalist approach, if society is to function as a stable system, it is important for people to be healthy and to contribute to their society. Consequently, sickness is viewed as a form of deviant behavior that must be controlled by society.

__________ is the most extensively used illegal drug in the United States.

Integrated medicine is an approach to health care that focuses on prevention of illness and disease and is aimed at treating the whole person (body and mind) rather than just the part of parts in which symptoms occur.

An estimated 47.0 million people in the United States had no health insurance in 2006-approximately __________ of the nation's population.

In relation to social epidemiology, __________ include(s) biological agents such as insects, bacteria, and viruses that carry or cause disease; nutrient agents such as fats and carbohydrates; chemical agents such as gases and pollutants in the air; and physical agents such as temperature, humidity, and radiation.

After the communist takeover in China, the government attempted to educate their large public regarding health care and to provide for the treatment of illness and disease. One policy was to develop a large number of __________, who had little medical training but worked under the supervision of trained physicians.

According to many __________ theorists, problems in U.S. health care delivery are rooted in the capitalist economy, which views medicine as a commodity that is produced and sold by the medical-industrial complex.