Gynecologic Health Care: With an Introduction to Prenatal and Postpartum Care, 4th Edition TEST BANK by Kerri Durnell Schuiling, All Chapters 1 - 35, Complete Newest Version

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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 n




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 n n n n n




c) Population growth n




d) The economy n




3. Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more difficult within n n n n n n n n n




n Western societies? n




a) The multiplicity of minority groups complicates the issue. n n n n n n n




b) The availability of health care makes acknowledgment more difficult.
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c) The diversity of the news media clouds the issue. n n n n n n n n




d) Affluence and increased opportunities mask oppression. n n n n n




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




b) Not having a voice n n n




c) An act of tyranny n n n




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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n with a biomedical model?n n n




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. n n n




d) It opens new avenues for women’s health care.n n n n n n n




6. Gender is rooted in n n n and shaped by . n n n




a) society, biology n

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b) self-representation, societal expectations n n




c) biology, environment and experience n n n




d) biology, hormones n




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




n science 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. n n n n n n n n




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




n framework in the last ?
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b) 10 years n




c) 20 years n




d) 40 years n




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 n n n




c) correct an injustice n n




d) correct an oversight n n




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. n




b) the individual. n




c) environmental conditions. n




d) scientific research. n




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




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




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?” n n n n n n n n




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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