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Gynecologic Health Care: With an Introduction to
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Prenatal and Postpartum Care
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4thEditionbyKerriDurnell Schuiling;Chapters1 - 35
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, TABLE OF CONTENT s s




Chapter 1 A Feminist Perspective of Women's Health
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&Chapter 2 Racism and Health Disparities
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MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS s




Select the one correct answer to each of the following questions.
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1. Which of the following best defines the term “gender” as used in this text?
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a) A person’s sex s s




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’s biological presentation as defined by himself or herself
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2. Which factor bears most on women’s 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 s s s s s




c) Population growth s




d) The economy s




3. Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more difficult
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s within Westernsocieties?
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a) The multiplicityof minoritygroupscomplicatestheissue.
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b) The availability of health care makes acknowledgment more difficult.
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c) The diversity of the news media clouds the issue.
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d) Affluence and increased opportunities mask oppression. s s s s s




4. Which of the following most accurately defines “oppression” as used in the
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text?
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a) Not having a choice s s s




b) Not having a voice s s s




c) An act of tyranny s s s




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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s sharplywith a biomedical model?
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a) It provides a forum for theexploration of gender issues.
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b) It seeks equal distribution of power within the healthcare interaction.
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c) It emphasizes women’s rights. s s s

,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 s s




c) biology, environment and experience s s s




d) biology, hormones s




7. Women’s health risks, treatments, and approaches are not always based in
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s 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. s s s s s s s s




8. Reproductive rights were added to the World Health Organization’s s s s s s s s s




human rightsframework in the last ?
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d) 40 years s




9. “Safe Motherhood” was added to the human rights framework in order to
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a) addressmaternal morbidityand mortality on aglobal level
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b) meet a legal obligation s s s




c) correct an injustice s s




d) correct an oversight s s




10. What is a chief failing of the biomedical model in regards to women’s health
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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 absence of disease”
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11. The social model of health places the focus of health on
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a) the community. s




b) the individual. s




c) environmental conditions. s




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12. Which question below supports the strategy: “Identify women’s agency in
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the midstof social constraint and the biomedical paradigm.”?
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a) “Are ‘all women’ the same?” s s s s




b) “Why do you care about the issue?” s s s s s s




c) “Are women really victims or are they acting with agency?”
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d) “Who has a choice within the context of health?”s s s s s s s s