Gynecologic Health Care: With an Introduction to Prenatal and Postpartum Care 4th Edition by Schuiling TEST BANK

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Gynecologic Health Care: With an Introduction to Prenatal
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4th Edition by Kerri Durnell Schuiling; Chapters 1 - 35
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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 b




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 b b b b b



c) Population growth b



d) The economy b




3. Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more difficult within
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b Westernsocieties? b



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. b b b b b b b b



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




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



b) Not having a voice b b b



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
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b sharplywith 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. b b b



d) It opens new avenues for women‟s health care.
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6. Gender is rooted in b b b and shaped by . b b b



a) society, biology b

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b) self-representation, societal expectations b b



c) biology, environment and experience b b b




d) biology, hormones b




7. Women‟s health risks, treatments, and approaches are not always based in
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b scienceand 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.
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8. Reproductive rights were added to the World Health Organization‟s human b b b b b b b b b



b rightsframework in the last ?
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a) 5 years b



b) 10 years b



c) 20 years b



d) 40 years b




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 b b b



c) correct an injustice b b



d) correct an oversight b b




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. b



b) the individual. b



c) environmental conditions. b



d) scientific research. b




12. Which question below supports the strategy: “Identify women‟s agency in the
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bmidstof social constraint and the biomedical paradigm.”?
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a) “Are „all women‟ the same?” b b b b



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



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 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.
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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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MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
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16. c

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18. d

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23. c

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25. d
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27. c

28. b

29. d