Question 1

The Tuskegee Syphilis Study lasted for about

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A) three years. 
B) five years. 
C) ten years. 
D) forty years. 
E) seventy years. 
A) three years. 
B) five years. 
C) ten years. 
D) forty years. 
E) seventy years.

Question 2

During the 1960s, hospital selection committees

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A) typically decided who would receive kidney dialysis based solely on medical criteria. 
B) typically decided who would receive kidney dialysis based in part on social criteria. 
C) typically decided who would receive kidney dialysis based solely on age. 
D) were abolished by most hospitals. 
E) were declared legal, but nonetheless fell into disuse. 
A) typically decided who would receive kidney dialysis based solely on medical criteria. 
B) typically decided who would receive kidney dialysis based in part on social criteria. 
C) typically decided who would receive kidney dialysis based solely on age. 
D) were abolished by most hospitals. 
E) were declared legal, but nonetheless fell into disuse.

Question 3

In the study conducted at the Willowbrook State School, doctors

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A) purposely infected children with hepatitis. 
B) treated children who had hepatitis. 
C) intervened to improve the horrendous conditions in which children were living. 
D) cut short their experiment once they realized hepatitis could be cured with new drugs. 
E) found a cure for hepatitis through unethical methods. 
A) purposely infected children with hepatitis. 
B) treated children who had hepatitis. 
C) intervened to improve the horrendous conditions in which children were living. 
D) cut short their experiment once they realized hepatitis could be cured with new drugs. 
E) found a cure for hepatitis through unethical methods.

Question 4

The Karen Quinlan case demonstrated the problems caused when doctors

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A) extend life without regard to the quality of that life. 
B) perform organ transplants. 
C) perform kidney dialysis. 
D) genetically alter fetuses. 
E) transfer patients from hospitals to nursing homes. 
A) extend life without regard to the quality of that life. 
B) perform organ transplants. 
C) perform kidney dialysis. 
D) genetically alter fetuses. 
E) transfer patients from hospitals to nursing homes.

Question 5

Is "cosmetic pharmacology" ethical? Does the fact that it is only available to some individuals make it any more or less ethical? Could cosmetic pharmacology eventually increase social inequality?

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The ethical implications of "cosmetic ph

Question 6

Why should sociologists concern themselves with bioethical issues? Why should bioethicists study sociology?

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Sociologists should concern themselves w

Question 7

Hospital ethics committees

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A) now exist at about 10 percent of US hospitals. 
B) offered legal protection to doctors who performed abortions before it was legalized. 
C) now focus primarily on the ethics of medical research. 
D) have essentially replaced the use of individual ethics consultants. 
E) now focus primarily on abortion decisions. 
A) now exist at about 10 percent of US hospitals. 
B) offered legal protection to doctors who performed abortions before it was legalized. 
C) now focus primarily on the ethics of medical research. 
D) have essentially replaced the use of individual ethics consultants. 
E) now focus primarily on abortion decisions.

The Tuskegee Syphilis Study lasted for about

During the 1960s, hospital selection committees

In the study conducted at the Willowbrook State School, doctors

The Karen Quinlan case demonstrated the problems caused when doctors

Is "cosmetic pharmacology" ethical? Does the fact that it is only available to some individuals make it any more or less ethical? Could cosmetic pharmacology eventually increase social inequality?

Why should sociologists concern themselves with bioethical issues? Why should bioethicists study sociology?

Hospital ethics committees

The Sociology of Health, Illness, and Health Care

The Social Sources of Modern Illness

The Social Distribution of Illness in the United States

Illness and Death in Less Developed Nations

The Social Meanings of Illness

The Experience of Disability, Chronic Pain, and Chronic Illness

The Sociology of Mental Illness

Health Care in the United States

Health Care Around the Globe

Health Care Settings and Technologies

The Profession of Medicine

Other Mainstream and Alternative Health Care Providers

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Exam 13: Issues in Bioethics

The Tuskegee Syphilis Study lasted for about

During the 1960s, hospital selection committees

In the study conducted at the Willowbrook State School, doctors

The Karen Quinlan case demonstrated the problems caused when doctors

Is "cosmetic pharmacology" ethical? Does the fact that it is only available to some individuals make it any more or less ethical? Could cosmetic pharmacology eventually increase social inequality?

Why should sociologists concern themselves with bioethical issues? Why should bioethicists study sociology?

Hospital ethics committees

The Sociology of Health, Illness, and Health Care

The Social Sources of Modern Illness

The Social Distribution of Illness in the United States

Illness and Death in Less Developed Nations

The Social Meanings of Illness

The Experience of Disability, Chronic Pain, and Chronic Illness

The Sociology of Mental Illness

Health Care in the United States

Health Care Around the Globe

Health Care Settings and Technologies

The Profession of Medicine

Other Mainstream and Alternative Health Care Providers

Filters