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Care 4th Edition Test Bank
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, Gynecologic Health Care with an Introduction to Prenatal and Postpartum Care 4th Edition
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Test Bank ii
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 i
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
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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) A person’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 ii ii ii ii ii
c) Population growth ii
d) The economy ii
3. Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more difficult within
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a) The multiplicity of minority groups complicates the issue.
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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. ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
d) Affluence and increased opportunities mask oppression. ii ii ii ii ii
4. Which of the following most accurately defines “oppression” as used in the text?
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a) Not having a choice ii ii ii
b) Not having a voice ii ii ii
c) An act of tyranny
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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 sharply
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with a biomedical model?
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a) It provides a forum for the exploration 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. ii ii ii
d) It opens new avenues for women’s health care. ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
6. Gender is rooted in ii ii ii and shaped by . ii ii ii
a) society, biology ii
, b) self-representation, societal expectations ii ii
c) biology, environment and experience ii ii ii
d) biology, hormones ii
7. Women’s health risks, treatments, and approaches are not always based in science
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and 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. ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
8. Reproductive rights were added to the World Health Organization’s human rights ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
framework in the last ?
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a) 5 years ii
b) 10 years ii
c) 20 years ii
d) 40 years ii
9. “Safe Motherhood” was added to the human rights framework in order to
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a) address maternal morbidity and mortality on a global level
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b) meet a legal obligation ii ii ii
c) correct an injustice ii ii
d) correct an oversight ii ii
10. What is a chief failing of the biomedical model in regards to women’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 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.ii
b) the individual.
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c) environmental conditions. ii
d) scientific research. ii
12. Which question below supports the strategy: “Identify women’s agency in the midst
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of social constraint and the biomedical paradigm.”?
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a) “Are ‘all women’ the same?” ii ii ii ii
b) “Why do you care about the issue?” ii ii ii ii ii ii
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?”ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
13. What had been a significant problem in medical research well into the 1990s?
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a) The focus on randomized clinical trials over epidemiological investigations
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b) The lack of representation of women in research trials
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, c) The lack of research related to gynecology
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d) The focus on randomized clinical trials over observational research
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14. Gender differences in heart disease can be found in
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a) diagnosis.
b) treatment.
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d) all of the above.
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15. What opportunities are created by applying feminist strategies to gynecologic health?
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a) Better insight into research methods related to gynecology
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b) Better access to the populations affected by gynecologic health
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c) Better understandings from a wellness-oriented, women-centered framework
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d) Better understandings of the social construction of gender
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ANSWER KEY
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16. c
17. b
18. d
19. a
20. b
21. c
22. b
23. c
24. a
25. d
26. a
27. c
28. b
29. d