Test Bank
For Gynecologic Health Care: With An
Introduction To Prenatal And Postpartum Care
4th Edition
,answers are below each chapter
chapter 1 a feminist perspective of women's health &
chapter 2 racism and health disparities
multiple-choice questions
select the one correct answer to each of the following questions.
• which of the following best defines the term “gender” as used in this text?
• a person’s sex
• a person’s sex as defined by society
• a societal response to a person’s self-representation as a man or woman
• a person’s biological presentation as defined by himself or herself
• which factor bears most on women’s health care today?
• the complexity of women’s health
• women’s status and position in society
• population growth
• the economy
• why is acknowledging the oppression of women
more difficult within western societies?
• the multiplicity of minority groups complicates the issue.
• the availability of health care makes acknowledgment more difficult.
• the diversity of the news media clouds the issue.
• affluence and increased opportunities mask oppression.
• which of the following most accurately defines “oppression” as used in the text?
• not having a choice
• not having a voice
• an act of tyranny
• a feeling of being burdened
• in what way does a model of care based on a feminist
perspective contrast sharply with a biomedical model?
• it provides a forum for the exploration of gender issues.
• it seeks equal distribution of power within the healthcare interaction.
• it emphasizes women’s rights.
, • it opens new avenues for women’s health care.
• gender is rooted in and shaped by .
• society, biology
• self-representation, societal expectations
• biology, environment and experience
• biology, hormones
• women’s health risks, treatments, and approaches are not
always based in science and biology because
• they are often based on outdated treatments and approaches.
• they are determined by social expectations and gender assumptions.
• they often rely on alternative treatments and approaches.
• scientific research often fails to take women into consideration.
• reproductive rights were added to the world
health organization’s human rights framework in the last ?
• 5 years
• 10 years
• 20 years
• 40 years
• “safe motherhood” was added to the human rights framework in order to
• address maternal morbidity and mortality on a global level
• meet a legal obligation
• correct an injustice
• correct an oversight
• what is a chief failing of the biomedical model in regards to women’s health care?
• its reliance on studies comprised exclusively of males
• its consideration of women as central the model
• its emphasis on science and medicine
• its limited definition of “health” as “the absence of disease”
• the social model of health places the focus of health on
• the community.
• the individual.
• environmental conditions.
• scientific research.
• which question below supports the strategy: “identify
women’s agency in the midst of social constraint and the biomedical
paradigm.”?
• “are ‘all women’ the same?”
• “why do you care about the issue?”
• “are women really victims or are they acting with agency?”
, • “who has a choice within the context of health?”
• what had been a significant problem in medical research well into the 1990s?
• the focus on randomized clinical trials over epidemiological investigations
• the lack of representation of women in research trials
• the lack of research related to gynecology
• the focus on randomized clinical trials over observational research
• gender differences in heart disease can be found in
• diagnosis.
• treatment.
• identification of symptoms.
• all of the above.
• what opportunities are created by applying feminist strategies to gynecologic health?
• better insight into research methods related to gynecology
• better access to the populations affected by gynecologic health
• better understandings from a wellness-oriented, women-centered framework
• better understandings of the social construction of gender
answer key
multiple-choice questions
• c
• b
• d
• a
• b
• c
• b
• c
• a
• d
For Gynecologic Health Care: With An
Introduction To Prenatal And Postpartum Care
4th Edition
,answers are below each chapter
chapter 1 a feminist perspective of women's health &
chapter 2 racism and health disparities
multiple-choice questions
select the one correct answer to each of the following questions.
• which of the following best defines the term “gender” as used in this text?
• a person’s sex
• a person’s sex as defined by society
• a societal response to a person’s self-representation as a man or woman
• a person’s biological presentation as defined by himself or herself
• which factor bears most on women’s health care today?
• the complexity of women’s health
• women’s status and position in society
• population growth
• the economy
• why is acknowledging the oppression of women
more difficult within western societies?
• the multiplicity of minority groups complicates the issue.
• the availability of health care makes acknowledgment more difficult.
• the diversity of the news media clouds the issue.
• affluence and increased opportunities mask oppression.
• which of the following most accurately defines “oppression” as used in the text?
• not having a choice
• not having a voice
• an act of tyranny
• a feeling of being burdened
• in what way does a model of care based on a feminist
perspective contrast sharply with a biomedical model?
• it provides a forum for the exploration of gender issues.
• it seeks equal distribution of power within the healthcare interaction.
• it emphasizes women’s rights.
, • it opens new avenues for women’s health care.
• gender is rooted in and shaped by .
• society, biology
• self-representation, societal expectations
• biology, environment and experience
• biology, hormones
• women’s health risks, treatments, and approaches are not
always based in science and biology because
• they are often based on outdated treatments and approaches.
• they are determined by social expectations and gender assumptions.
• they often rely on alternative treatments and approaches.
• scientific research often fails to take women into consideration.
• reproductive rights were added to the world
health organization’s human rights framework in the last ?
• 5 years
• 10 years
• 20 years
• 40 years
• “safe motherhood” was added to the human rights framework in order to
• address maternal morbidity and mortality on a global level
• meet a legal obligation
• correct an injustice
• correct an oversight
• what is a chief failing of the biomedical model in regards to women’s health care?
• its reliance on studies comprised exclusively of males
• its consideration of women as central the model
• its emphasis on science and medicine
• its limited definition of “health” as “the absence of disease”
• the social model of health places the focus of health on
• the community.
• the individual.
• environmental conditions.
• scientific research.
• which question below supports the strategy: “identify
women’s agency in the midst of social constraint and the biomedical
paradigm.”?
• “are ‘all women’ the same?”
• “why do you care about the issue?”
• “are women really victims or are they acting with agency?”
, • “who has a choice within the context of health?”
• what had been a significant problem in medical research well into the 1990s?
• the focus on randomized clinical trials over epidemiological investigations
• the lack of representation of women in research trials
• the lack of research related to gynecology
• the focus on randomized clinical trials over observational research
• gender differences in heart disease can be found in
• diagnosis.
• treatment.
• identification of symptoms.
• all of the above.
• what opportunities are created by applying feminist strategies to gynecologic health?
• better insight into research methods related to gynecology
• better access to the populations affected by gynecologic health
• better understandings from a wellness-oriented, women-centered framework
• better understandings of the social construction of gender
answer key
multiple-choice questions
• c
• b
• d
• a
• b
• c
• b
• c
• a
• d
