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GynecologicHealthCare:WithanIntroductionto
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ll Prenatal andPostpartumCare
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4thEditionbyKerriDurnellSchuiling;Chapters1-35
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Chapter 1 A Feminist Perspective ofWomen's Health&
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Chapter 2 Racism and Health Disparities
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MULTIPLE-CHOICEQUESTIONS l
Select the one correct answer toeach ofthe following questions.
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1. Which ofthe following best defines the term “gender” as used inthis text?
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a) Aperson’s sex
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b) Aperson’s sex as defined bysociety
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c) Asocietalresponse toa person’s self-representation as a man or woman
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d) Aperson’s biologicalpresentation as defined by himself or herself
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2. Which factor bears most onwomen’s healthcare today?
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a) The complexityofwomen’s health
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b) Women’s status and position insociety l l l l l
c) Population growth l
d) The economy l
3. Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more difficult within l l l l l l l l l
l Western societies? l
a) The multiplicityofminoritygroups complicates the issue. l l l l l l l
b) The availabilityof healthcaremakes acknowledgment more difficult. l l l l l l l l
c) The diversityofthe news media clouds the issue. l l l l l l l l
d) Affluenceand increased opportunitiesmask oppression. l l l l l
4. Which ofthe following most accuratelydefines “oppression” as used inthe text?
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a) Not havinga choice l l l
b) Not having a voice l l l
c) Anact of tyranny
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d) A feeling ofbeing 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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a) Itprovides a forum for the exploration ofgender issues.
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b) Itseeks equal distribution ofpower within the healthcare interaction.
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c) It emphasizeswomen’srights. l l l
d) It opens newavenues for women’s healthcare. l l l l l l l
6. Gender is rooted in l l l and shaped by. l l l
a) society, biology l
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b) self-representation,societalexpectations l l
c) biology, environment andexperience l l l
d) biology, hormones l
7. Women’s health risks, treatments, and approaches are not always based in science l l l l l l l l l l l
l and biologybecause
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a) theyare oftenbased on outdated treatments and approaches.
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b) theyare determined bysocialexpectations and gender assumptions.
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c) theyoftenrely onalternative treatments and approaches.
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d) scientific research oftenfails to take women intoconsideration. l l l l l l l l
8. Reproductive rights were added to the World Health Organization’s human rights l l l l l l l l l l
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a) 5 years l
b) 10years l
c) 20years l
d) 40years l
9. “Safe Motherhood” was added tothe humanrights framework in order to
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b) meet a legal obligation l l l
c) correctan injustice l l
d) correctan oversight l l
10. What is a chief failing ofthe biomedicalmodel inregards towomen’s healthcare?
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a) Its reliance onstudies comprised exclusivelyofmales
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b) Its consideration ofwomen as centralthe model
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c) Its emphasis onscience and medicine
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d) Its limited definition of“health” as “the absence ofdisease”
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11. The socialmodel of healthplaces the focus ofhealth on
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b) the individual. l
c) environmentalconditions. l
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12. Whichquestion below supports the strategy: “Identifywomen’s agency in the midst
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l ofsocial constraint and the biomedicalparadigm.”?
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a) “Are ‘all women’ the same?” l l l l
b) “Whydo you care about the issue?” l l l l l l
c) “Are women really victims or are theyacting withagency?”
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d) “Who has a choice withinthe context of health?” l l l l l l l l
13. What had been a significant problem in medicalresearchwell into the 1990s?
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a) The focus onrandomized clinicaltrials over epidemiological investigations
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b) The lack ofrepresentation ofwomen in researchtrials
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