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CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS
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
b. self-representation, societal expectations
c. biology, environment and experience
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d. biology, nhormones
7. Women‟s nhealth nrisks, ntreatments, nand napproaches nare nnot nalways nbased nin nscience
nand nbiology nbecause n
a. they nare noften nbased non noutdated ntreatments nand napproaches.
b. they nare ndetermined nby nsocial nexpectations nand ngender nassumptions.
c. they noften nrely non nalternative ntreatments nand napproaches.
d. scientific nresearch noften nfails nto ntake nwomen ninto nconsideration.
8. Reproductive nrights nwere nadded nto nthe nWorld nHealth nOrganization‟s nhuman
nrights nframework nin nthe nlast ?
a. 5 nyears
b. 10 nyears
c. 20 nyears
d. 40 nyears
9. “Safe nMotherhood” nwas nadded nto nthe nhuman nrights nframework nin norder nto n
a. address nmaternal nmorbidity nand nmortality non na nglobal nlevel
b. meet na nlegal nobligation
c. correct nan ninjustice
d. correct nan noversight
10. What nis na nchief nfailing nof nthe nbiomedical nmodel nin nregards nto nwomen‟s nhealth ncare?
a. Its nreliance non nstudies ncomprised nexclusively nof nmales
b. Its nconsideration nof nwomen nas ncentral nthe nmodel
c. Its nemphasis non nscience nand nmedicine
d. Its nlimited ndefinition nof n“health” nas n“the nabsence nof ndisease”
11. The nsocial nmodel nof nhealth nplaces nthe nfocus nof nhealth non n
a. the ncommunity.
b. the nindividual.
c. environmental nconditions.
d. scientific nresearch.
12. Which nquestion nbelow nsupports nthe nstrategy: n“Identify nwomen‟s nagency nin nthe
nmidst nof nsocial nconstraint nand nthe nbiomedical nparadigm.”?
a. “Are n„all nwomen‟ nthe nsame?”
b. “Why ndo nyou ncare nabout nthe nissue?”
c. “Are nwomen nreally nvictims nor nare nthey nacting nwith nagency?”
d. “Who nhas na nchoice nwithin nthe ncontext nof nhealth?”
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CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS
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
b. self-representation, societal expectations
c. biology, environment and experience
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d. biology, nhormones
7. Women‟s nhealth nrisks, ntreatments, nand napproaches nare nnot nalways nbased nin nscience
nand nbiology nbecause n
a. they nare noften nbased non noutdated ntreatments nand napproaches.
b. they nare ndetermined nby nsocial nexpectations nand ngender nassumptions.
c. they noften nrely non nalternative ntreatments nand napproaches.
d. scientific nresearch noften nfails nto ntake nwomen ninto nconsideration.
8. Reproductive nrights nwere nadded nto nthe nWorld nHealth nOrganization‟s nhuman
nrights nframework nin nthe nlast ?
a. 5 nyears
b. 10 nyears
c. 20 nyears
d. 40 nyears
9. “Safe nMotherhood” nwas nadded nto nthe nhuman nrights nframework nin norder nto n
a. address nmaternal nmorbidity nand nmortality non na nglobal nlevel
b. meet na nlegal nobligation
c. correct nan ninjustice
d. correct nan noversight
10. What nis na nchief nfailing nof nthe nbiomedical nmodel nin nregards nto nwomen‟s nhealth ncare?
a. Its nreliance non nstudies ncomprised nexclusively nof nmales
b. Its nconsideration nof nwomen nas ncentral nthe nmodel
c. Its nemphasis non nscience nand nmedicine
d. Its nlimited ndefinition nof n“health” nas n“the nabsence nof ndisease”
11. The nsocial nmodel nof nhealth nplaces nthe nfocus nof nhealth non n
a. the ncommunity.
b. the nindividual.
c. environmental nconditions.
d. scientific nresearch.
12. Which nquestion nbelow nsupports nthe nstrategy: n“Identify nwomen‟s nagency nin nthe
nmidst nof nsocial nconstraint nand nthe nbiomedical nparadigm.”?
a. “Are n„all nwomen‟ nthe nsame?”
b. “Why ndo nyou ncare nabout nthe nissue?”
c. “Are nwomen nreally nvictims nor nare nthey nacting nwith nagency?”
d. “Who nhas na nchoice nwithin nthe ncontext nof nhealth?”
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