Deck 16: The Shifting Engines of Medicalization, Peter Conrad

Question 1

According to Conrad, medicalization __________.

A)Is limited to the United States
B)Is limited to English speaking countries
C)Is limited to Western democracies
D)Is an increasingly global phenomenon

Answer 1

Is an increasingly global phenomenon

Question 2

According to Conrad, which of the following is NOT one of the new engines driving medicalization?

A)Biotechnology
B)Consumers
C)Managed Care
D)Primary care physicians

Answer 2

Primary care physicians

Question 3

According to the Conrad article, what factor did not lead to an increase in medicalization?

A)Abiding faith in science
B)General humanitarianism
C)Increased religiosity
D)Rationality and progress

Answer 3

Increased religiosity

Question 4

According to Conrad, which of the following was NOT one of the factors that dominated the study of medicalization from 1970-1980?

A)The power and authority of the medical profession
B)The activities of social movements and interest groups
C)The consumer market
D)Organizational or inter or intra professional activities

Question 5

How do pharmaceutical companies and individual consumers help change the meaning of childhood misbehavior to a disease to be treated rather than a form of deviance to be sanctioned? Make sure to highlight the connections between the two actors.