Gynecologic Health Care: With an Introduction to
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Prenatal and Postpartum Care
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4thEditionbyKerriDurnellSchuiling;Chapters1-35
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, TABLE OF CONTENT d d
Chapter 1 A Feminist Perspective of Women's Health
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&Chapter 2Racism and Health Disparities
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MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS d
Select the one correct answer to each of the following questions.
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1. Whichofthe following best definesthe term“gender” asused inthis text?
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a) A person’s sex d d
b) A person’s sex as defined by society
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c) A societal response to a person’s self-representation as a man or woman
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d) Aperson’sbiologicalpresentation asdefinedbyhimselfor herself
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2. Which factor bears most on women’s health care today?
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a) The complexity ofwomen’shealth d d d d
b) Women’s statusand positioninsociety d d d d d
c) Populationgrowth d
d) Theeconomy d
3. Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more difficult
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a) Themultiplicityofminoritygroupscomplicatestheissue. d d d d d d d
b) The availability of health care makesacknowledgment more difficult.
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c) Thediversity ofthenewsmediaclouds theissue. d d d d d d d d
d) Affluence and increased opportunities mask oppression. d d d d d
4. Whichofthe following mostaccurately defines“oppression” asused inthe
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text?
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a) Not having a choice d d d
b) Not having a voice d d d
c) An act of tyranny d d d
d) A feeling of being burdened
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5. In what way does a model of care based on a feminist perspective contrast
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d sharplywith a biomedical model?
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a) Itprovidesaforumfortheexploration ofgenderissues.
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b) It seeks equal distribution of power within the healthcare interaction.
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c) It emphasizeswomen’srights. d d d
,d) It opens new avenues for women’s health care.
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6. Gender is rooted in and shaped by .
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a) society, biology
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, b) self-representation, societal expectations d d
c) biology,environment andexperience d d d
d) biology, hormones d
7. Women’s health risks, treatments, and approaches are not always based in d d d d d d d d d d
d scienceand biology because
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a) they are often based on outdated treatments and approaches.
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b) they are determined by social expectations and gender assumptions.
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c) they often rely on alternative treatments and approaches.
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d) scientific research often fails to take women into consideration. d d d d d d d d
8. Reproductive rights were added to the World Health Organization’s d d d d d d d d
human rightsframework in the last ?
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a) 5years d
b) 10years d
c) 20years d
d) 40years d
9. “Safe Motherhood”wasadded tothe human rights frameworkin order to
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a) addressmaternalmorbidityandmortalityonagloballevel d d d d d d d d
b) meet a legal obligation d d d
c) correct an injustice d d
d) correct an oversight d d
10. What isachief failing ofthebiomedicalmodel inregardstowomen’s health care?
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a) Its reliance on studies comprised exclusively of males
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b) Its consideration of women as central the model
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c) Its emphasis on science and medicine
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d) Its limited definition of“health” as “the absenceof disease”
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11. Thesocialmodel ofhealthplacesthe focus ofhealthon
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a) the community. d
b) theindividual. d
c) environmental conditions. d
d) scientific research. d
12. Whichquestionbelowsupportsthestrategy:“Identifywomen’sagencyin the
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d midstof social constraint and the biomedical paradigm.”?
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a) “Are ‘all women’ the same?” d d d d
b) “Why do you care about the issue?” d d d d d d
c) “Are women really victims or arethey acting with agency?”
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d) “Whohasa choice within the context ofhealth?” d d d d d d d d