Gynecologic Health Care with an Introduction to Prenatal and Postpartum Care – 4th Edition

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Prenatal and Postpartum Care 4th Edition Test Bank
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CHAPTER1 QUESTIONS f ff




MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS ff




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 ff ff


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 ff ff ff ff



b. Women‟s status and position in society ff ff ff ff ff


c. Population growth ff


d. The economy ff




3. Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more difficult within
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Western societies?
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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.
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d. Affluence and increased opportunities mask oppression. ff ff ff ff ff




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


b. Not having a voice ff ff ff


c. An act of tyranny ff ff ff

, d. A feeling of being burdened
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5. In what waydoes a model of care based on a feminist perspective contrast
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sharply 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.
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d. It opens new avenues for women‟s health care.
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6. Gender is rooted in f f and shaped by
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a. society, biology ff


b. self-representation, societal expectations ff f


c. biology, environment and experience ff ff ff


d. biology, hormones ff




7. Women‟s health risks, treatments, and approaches are not always based in
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science and biology because
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a. theyare often based on outdated treatments and approaches.
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b. theyare determined by social expectations and gender assumptions.
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c. theyoften rely on alternative treatments and approaches.
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d. scientific research often fails to take women into consideration. ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff




8. Reproductive rights were added to the World Health Organization‟s human rights
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framework in the last
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b. 10 years ff


c. 20 years ff


d. 40 years ff




9. “Safe Motherhood” was added to the human rights framework in order to
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a. address maternal morbidity and mortalityon a global level
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b. meet a legal obligation ff ff ff


c. correct an injustice ff ff


d. correct an oversight ff ff




10. What ff 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. ff

, b. the individual. ff


c. environmental conditions. ff


d. scientific research. ff




12. Which question below supports the strategy: “Identify women‟s agency in the
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midst of social constraint and the biomedical paradigm.”? a. “Are „all
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women‟ the same?”
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b. “Why do you care about the issue?” ff ff ff ff ff ff


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?”
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13. What ff 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.
c. identification of symptoms. ff ff


d. all of the above.
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15. What opportunities are created byapplying 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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