Gynecologic Health Care
TEST BANK
Gynecologic Health Care: With an Introduction to
Prenatal and Postpartum Care
4th Edition by Kerri Durnell Schuiling; Chapters 1 - 35
,Gynecologic Health Care
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.
1. Which of the following best defines the term “gender” as used in this text?
a) A person’s sex
b) A person’s sex as defined by society
c) A societal response to a person’s self-representation as a man or woman
d) A person’s biological presentation as defined by himself or herself
2. Which factor bears most on women’s health care today?
a) The complexity of women’s health
b) Women’s status and position in society
c) Population growth
d) The economy
3. Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more difficult within Western
societies?
a) The multiplicity of minority groups complicates the issue.
b) The availability of health care makes acknowledgment more difficult.
c) The diversity of the news media clouds the issue.
d) Affluence and increased opportunities mask oppression.
4. Which of the following most accurately defines “oppression” as used in the text?
a) Not having a choice
b) Not having a voice
c) An act of tyranny
d) A feeling of being burdened
5. In what way does a model of care based on a feminist perspective contrast
sharply with a biomedical model?
a) It provides a forum for the exploration of gender issues.
b) It seeks equal distribution of power within the healthcare interaction.
c) It emphasizes women’s rights.
d) It opens new avenues for women’s health care.
6. Gender is rooted in and shaped by .
a) society, biology
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b) self-representation, societal expectations
c) biology, environment and experience
d) biology, hormones
7. Women’s s health srisks, s treatments, s and s approaches s are s not s always s based s in
s science s and sbiology sbecause
a) they sare soften sbased son soutdated streatments sand sapproaches.
b) they sare sdetermined sby ssocial sexpectations sand sgender sassumptions.
c) they soften srely son salternative streatments sand sapproaches.
d) scientific sresearch soften sfails sto stake swomen sinto sconsideration.
8. Reproductive s rights s were s added s to s the s World s Health s Organization’s
s human s rights s framework sin sthe slast s ?
a) 5 syears
b) 10 syears
c) 20 syears
d) 40 syears
9. “Safe sMotherhood” swas sadded sto sthe shuman srights sframework sin sorder sto
a) address smaternal smorbidity sand smortality son sa sglobal slevel
b) meet sa slegal sobligation
c) correct san sinjustice
d) correct san soversight
10. What sis sa schief sfailing sof sthe sbiomedical smodel sin sregards sto swomen’s shealth
scare?
a) Its sreliance son sstudies scomprised sexclusively sof smales
b) Its sconsideration sof swomen sas scentral sthe smodel
c) Its semphasis son sscience sand smedicine
d) Its slimited sdefinition sof s“health” sas s“the sabsence sof sdisease”
11. The ssocial smodel sof shealth splaces sthe sfocus sof shealth son
a) the scommunity.
b) the sindividual.
c) environmental sconditions.
d) scientific sresearch.
12. Which squestion sbelow ssupports sthe sstrategy: s“Identify swomen’s sagency sin sthe
smidst s of ssocial sconstraint sand sthe sbiomedical sparadigm.”?
a) “Are s‘all swomen’ sthe ssame?”
b) “Why sdo syou scare sabout sthe sissue?”
c) “Are swomen sreally svictims sor sare sthey sacting swith sagency?”
d) “Who shas sa schoice swithin sthe scontext sof shealth?”
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13. What shad sbeen sa ssignificant sproblem sin smedical sresearch swell sinto sthe s1990s
a) The sfocus son srandomized sclinical strials sover sepidemiological sinvestigations
b) The slack sof srepresentation sof swomen sin sresearch strials
TEST BANK
Gynecologic Health Care: With an Introduction to
Prenatal and Postpartum Care
4th Edition by Kerri Durnell Schuiling; Chapters 1 - 35
,Gynecologic Health Care
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.
1. Which of the following best defines the term “gender” as used in this text?
a) A person’s sex
b) A person’s sex as defined by society
c) A societal response to a person’s self-representation as a man or woman
d) A person’s biological presentation as defined by himself or herself
2. Which factor bears most on women’s health care today?
a) The complexity of women’s health
b) Women’s status and position in society
c) Population growth
d) The economy
3. Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more difficult within Western
societies?
a) The multiplicity of minority groups complicates the issue.
b) The availability of health care makes acknowledgment more difficult.
c) The diversity of the news media clouds the issue.
d) Affluence and increased opportunities mask oppression.
4. Which of the following most accurately defines “oppression” as used in the text?
a) Not having a choice
b) Not having a voice
c) An act of tyranny
d) A feeling of being burdened
5. In what way does a model of care based on a feminist perspective contrast
sharply with a biomedical model?
a) It provides a forum for the exploration of gender issues.
b) It seeks equal distribution of power within the healthcare interaction.
c) It emphasizes women’s rights.
d) It opens new avenues for women’s health care.
6. Gender is rooted in and shaped by .
a) society, biology
,Gynecologic Health Care
b) self-representation, societal expectations
c) biology, environment and experience
d) biology, hormones
7. Women’s s health srisks, s treatments, s and s approaches s are s not s always s based s in
s science s and sbiology sbecause
a) they sare soften sbased son soutdated streatments sand sapproaches.
b) they sare sdetermined sby ssocial sexpectations sand sgender sassumptions.
c) they soften srely son salternative streatments sand sapproaches.
d) scientific sresearch soften sfails sto stake swomen sinto sconsideration.
8. Reproductive s rights s were s added s to s the s World s Health s Organization’s
s human s rights s framework sin sthe slast s ?
a) 5 syears
b) 10 syears
c) 20 syears
d) 40 syears
9. “Safe sMotherhood” swas sadded sto sthe shuman srights sframework sin sorder sto
a) address smaternal smorbidity sand smortality son sa sglobal slevel
b) meet sa slegal sobligation
c) correct san sinjustice
d) correct san soversight
10. What sis sa schief sfailing sof sthe sbiomedical smodel sin sregards sto swomen’s shealth
scare?
a) Its sreliance son sstudies scomprised sexclusively sof smales
b) Its sconsideration sof swomen sas scentral sthe smodel
c) Its semphasis son sscience sand smedicine
d) Its slimited sdefinition sof s“health” sas s“the sabsence sof sdisease”
11. The ssocial smodel sof shealth splaces sthe sfocus sof shealth son
a) the scommunity.
b) the sindividual.
c) environmental sconditions.
d) scientific sresearch.
12. Which squestion sbelow ssupports sthe sstrategy: s“Identify swomen’s sagency sin sthe
smidst s of ssocial sconstraint sand sthe sbiomedical sparadigm.”?
a) “Are s‘all swomen’ sthe ssame?”
b) “Why sdo syou scare sabout sthe sissue?”
c) “Are swomen sreally svictims sor sare sthey sacting swith sagency?”
d) “Who shas sa schoice swithin sthe scontext sof shealth?”
, Gynecologic Health Care
13. What shad sbeen sa ssignificant sproblem sin smedical sresearch swell sinto sthe s1990s
a) The sfocus son srandomized sclinical strials sover sepidemiological sinvestigations
b) The slack sof srepresentation sof swomen sin sresearch strials
