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Test Bank b
Chapter 1 A Feminist Perspective of Women's Health & Ch
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apter 2 Racism and Health Disparities
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MULTIPLE-CHOICE i # QUESTIONS b
Select the i# one correct answer to each of the i # following questions.
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1. Which of the i#following best i#defines the term i#“gender” as used in this text?
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a) A person‟s sex b b
b) A person‟s i # sex as defined by society
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c) A societal response to a person‟s self-representation as a i # man or woman
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d) A person‟s i# biological i#presentation i# as i#defined by himself i#or herself
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2. Which b i # factor bears most on women‟s i # health care today?
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a) The complexity of women‟s health
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b) Women‟s status and position in society b b b b b
c) Population growth b
d) The economy b
3. Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more di
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i#fficult within Western societies?
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a) The i#multiplicity i#of i# minority i#groups i# complicates i# the issue.
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b) The availability of i# health i# care i# makes i # acknowledgment i # more difficult.
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c) The diversity of the i#news media i#clouds the i#issue. b b b b b b b b
d) Affluence i# and i# increased i# opportunities i# mask i # oppression. b b b b b
4. Which of the i#following most i#accurately defines i#“oppression” i#as used i#in i#the text?
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a) Not having a i#choice b b b
b) Not having a i#voice b b b
c) An act of tyranny b b b
d) A feeling of being burdened
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5. In what way does a model of care based on a feminist perspective co
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i# ntrast sharplywith a biomedical model?
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a) It i#provides a i#forum i#for the i#exploration of gender i#issues.
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b) It seeks i#equal i#distribution of power i#within the i#healthcare interaction.
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c) It emphasizes i#women‟s rights. b b b
, d) It opens new avenues i#for women‟s health
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6. Gender is rooted i#in and shaped by i # .
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a) society, biology b
b) self-representation, i # societal i # expectations b b
c) biology, i# environment i # and experience b b b
d) biology, hormones b
7. Women‟s health risks, treatments, and approaches are not always b
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i# ased in scienceand biology because
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a) they are i#often i# based i#on i#outdated i# treatments i#and approaches.
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b) they are i#determined i#by social i#expectations i#and i#gender assumptions.
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c) they often i#rely on i#alternative i#treatments i#and approaches.
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d) scientific i# research i# often fails i#to i# take i#women into consideration. b b b b b b b b
8. Reproductive rights were added to the World Health O b b b b b b b b
i# rganization‟s human rights framework in the last i # ?
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a) 5 i#years b
b) 10 i#years b
c) 20 i#years b
d) 40 i#years b
9. “Safe b i# Motherhood” i#was added to the i#human rights framework in order to b b b b b b b b b b
a) address i#maternal i#morbidity and i#mortality on i#a i#global level
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b) meet a i#legal i#obligation b b b
c) correct i# an injustice b b
d) correct i#an i#oversight b b
10. What is a chief failing of the biomedical model in regards to i#women‟s i#health care?
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a) Its reliance i#on i#studies comprised exclusively of males
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b) Its consideration i#of women as central i#the model
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c) Its emphasis on science i# and medicine
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d) Its limited definition i#of “health” as “the i#absence i#of i#disease”
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11. The social model of health places the
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a) the community. b
b) the i#individual. b
c) environmental i # conditions. b
d) scientific research. b
12. Which question below supports the strategy: “Identify women‟s a
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i# gency in the midst of social constraint and the biomedical paradigm.”?
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a) “Are „all women‟ the same?” b b b b
b) “Why do i#you care about the issue?” b b b b b b
c) “Are women i#really victims i#or are i#they acting with agency?”
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