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TESTBANK c
GynecologicHealthCare:WithanIntroductionto
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Prenatal andPostpartumCare
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4thEditionbyKerriDurnellSchuiling;Chapters1-35
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Chapter 1A Feminist Perspective ofWomen's Health&
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Chapter 2Racism and HealthDisparities
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MULTIPLE-CHOICEQUESTIONS c
Selectthe one correct answer toeachofthe following questions.
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1. Whichofthe followingbest defines the term “gender”as usedinthis text?
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a) Aperson’s sex
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b) Aperson’s sex as definedbysociety
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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 byhimself or herself
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2. Whichfactor bearsmost onwomen’s healthcaretoday?
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a) The complexityofwomen’s health
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b) Women’s status and position insociety c c c c c
c) Populationgrowth c
d) The economy c
3. Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more difficult within c c c c c c c c c
c Western societies? c
a) The multiplicityofminoritygroups complicates the issue. c c c c c c c
b) The availabilityofhealthcaremakesacknowledgment moredifficult. c c c c c c c c
c) Thediversityofthe news mediaclouds the issue. c c c c c c c c
d) Affluenceand increasedopportunitiesmaskoppression. c c c c c
4. Whichofthe following most accuratelydefines “oppression”as used inthe text?
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a) Not havinga choice c c c
b) Not havinga voice c c c
c) Anact oftyranny c c c
d) Afeelingofbeingburdened
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5. In what way does a model of care based on a feminist perspective contrast sharply
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c witha biomedicalmodel?
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a) Itprovides aforum for theexplorationofgender issues.
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b) Itseeks equaldistribution ofpowerwithinthe healthcare interaction.
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c) Itemphasizeswomen’srights. c c c
d) It opens newavenues forwomen’shealthcare. c c c c c c c
6. Gender isrootedin c c c and shaped by. c c c
a) society, biology c
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b) self-representation,societalexpectations c c
c) biology, environment andexperience c c c
d) biology, hormones c
7. Women’s health risks, treatments, and approaches are not always based in science c c c c c c c c c c c
c and biologybecause
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a) theyare oftenbasedonoutdated treatments andapproaches.
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b) theyare determined bysocialexpectations andgender assumptions.
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c) theyoftenrelyonalternative treatments andapproaches.
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d) scientific research oftenfails to takewomenintoconsideration. c c c c c c c c
8. Reproductive rights were added to the World Health Organization’s human rights c c c c c c c c c c
c framework inthe last ?
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a) 5 years c
b) 10years c
c) 20years c
d) 40years c
9. “Safe Motherhood”was added tothe humanrights frameworkinorder to
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a) address maternalmorbidityand mortalityona global level c c c c c c c c
b) meeta legalobligation c c c
c) correctaninjustice c c
d) correctanoversight c c
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 considerationofwomenas centralthe model
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c) Its emphasis onscience and medicine
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d) Its limited definition of“health” as “theabsence ofdisease”
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11. The socialmodel ofhealthplaces the focus ofhealthon
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a) thecommunity. c
b) the individual. c
c) environmentalconditions. c
d) scientificresearch. c
12. Whichquestionbelow supports the strategy: “Identifywomen’s agencyinthemidst of
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social constraint andthe biomedicalparadigm.”?
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a) “Are‘all women’the same?” c c c c
b) “Whydo youcare about the issue?” c c c c c c
c) “Are womenreallyvictims or aretheyacting withagency?”
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d) “Whohas achoice withinthe context ofhealth?” c c c c c c c c
13. What had beena significant problem inmedicalresearchwell into the 1990s?
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a) The focus onrandomizedclinicaltrials over epidemiologicalinvestigations
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b) The lack ofrepresentation ofwomenin researchtrials
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