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Gynecologic Health Care: With an Introduction to Prenatal and Postpartum Care 4th Edition
Test Bank
Chapter 1 A Feminist Perspective of Women's Health &
Chapter 2 Racism and Health Disparities
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MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
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Select the one correct answer to each of the following questions.
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• Which of the following best defines the term “gender” as used in this text?
• A person’s sex
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• A person’s sex as defined by society
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•
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A societal response to a person’s self-representation as a man or woman
A person’s biological presentation as defined by himself or herself
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• Which factor bears most on women’s health care today?
• The complexity of women’s health
• Women’s status and position in society
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• Population growth
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• The economy
yn
• Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more
difficult within Western societies?
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• The multiplicity of minority groups complicates the issue.
• The availability of health care makes acknowledgment more difficult.
w
• The diversity of the news media clouds the issue.
• Affluence and increased opportunities mask oppression.
w
w
• Which of the following most accurately defines “oppression” as used in the text?
• Not having a choice
• Not having a voice
• An act of tyranny
• A feeling of being burdened
• In what way does a model of care based on a feminist perspective
contrast sharply with a biomedical model?
• It provides a forum for the exploration of gender issues.
• It seeks equal distribution of power within the healthcare interaction.
• It emphasizes women’s rights.
, • It opens new avenues for women’s health care.
• Gender is rooted in and shaped by .
• society, biology
• self-representation, societal expectations
• biology, environment and experience
• biology, hormones
• Women’s health risks, treatments, and approaches are not always
based in science and biology because
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• they are often based on outdated treatments and approaches.
• they are determined by social expectations and gender assumptions.
• they often rely on alternative treatments and approaches.
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• scientific research often fails to take women into consideration.
ep
• Reproductive rights were added to the World Health
pr
Organization’s human rights framework in the last ?
• 5 years
•
•
10 years
20 years
st
te
• 40 years
ng
• “Safe Motherhood” was added to the human rights framework in order to
• address maternal morbidity and mortality on a global level
si
• meet a legal obligation
ur
• correct an injustice
• correct an oversight
yn
• What is a chief failing of the biomedical model in regards to women’s health care?
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• Its reliance on studies comprised exclusively of males
• Its consideration of women as central the model
w
• Its emphasis on science and medicine
w
• Its limited definition of “health” as “the absence of disease”
w
• The social model of health places the focus of health on
• the community.
• the individual.
• environmental conditions.
• scientific research.
• Which question below supports the strategy: “Identify women’s
agency in the midst of social constraint and the biomedical paradigm.”?
• “Are ‘all women’ the same?”
• “Why do you care about the issue?”
• “Are women really victims or are they acting with agency?”
, • “Who has a choice within the context of health?”
• What had been a significant problem in medical research well into the 1990s?
• The focus on randomized clinical trials over epidemiological investigations
• The lack of representation of women in research trials
• The lack of research related to gynecology
• The focus on randomized clinical trials over observational research
• Gender differences in heart disease can be found in
• diagnosis.
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• treatment.
• identification of symptoms.
• all of the above.
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ep
• What opportunities are created by applying feminist strategies to gynecologic health?
• Better insight into research methods related to gynecology
pr
• Better access to the populations affected by gynecologic health
• Better understandings from a wellness-oriented, women-centered framework
• st
Better understandings of the social construction of gender
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ANSWER KEY
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MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
si
• c
ur
yn
• b
.m
• d
• a
w
w
• b
w
• c
• b
• c
• a
• d
, • a
• c
• b
• d
• c
CHAPTER 2 Women's Growth and Development Across the Life Span
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MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
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Select the one correct answer to each of the following questions.
ep
• How does Erick Erikson’s grand theory of human development differ for females?
pr
• It recognizes achieving autonomy as a primary focus.
• It assumes only men desire autonomy.
•
•
st
It assumes female dependence on another in order to achieve a sense of self.
It assumes females desire dependence on others.
te
ng
• What is true about human development theories published before the 1970s?
• They are based on interviews conducted only with men.
si
• They assume androcentric models can be applied correctly to women.
• They frame women’s development as flawed in comparison to the standard.
ur
• All of the above.
yn
• What is the intention of the newer feminist models
of development?
.m
• To offer a new model within the traditional
biomedical focus.
w
• To offer alternatives to the constrained and previously misapplied models.
w
• To replace male generalist models with female generalist models.
• To present a contrast to privileged, white male-based models.
w
• What is a key limitation of prevailing developmental models for women?
• Gender differences assumed to be biologically
determined are more often socially constructed.
• They present conflicting and misapplied models.
• Gender differences are assumed to be socially prescribed.
• Similarities between male and female are emphasized over differences.
• What event in female development marks the beginning of a tension
between biologic changes and the social context?
• Turning 18 years old
Gynecologic Health Care: With an Introduction to Prenatal and Postpartum Care 4th Edition
Test Bank
Chapter 1 A Feminist Perspective of Women's Health &
Chapter 2 Racism and Health Disparities
om
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
.c
Select the one correct answer to each of the following questions.
ep
• Which of the following best defines the term “gender” as used in this text?
• A person’s sex
pr
• A person’s sex as defined by society
•
•
st
A societal response to a person’s self-representation as a man or woman
A person’s biological presentation as defined by himself or herself
te
ng
• Which factor bears most on women’s health care today?
• The complexity of women’s health
• Women’s status and position in society
si
• Population growth
ur
• The economy
yn
• Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more
difficult within Western societies?
.m
• The multiplicity of minority groups complicates the issue.
• The availability of health care makes acknowledgment more difficult.
w
• The diversity of the news media clouds the issue.
• Affluence and increased opportunities mask oppression.
w
w
• Which of the following most accurately defines “oppression” as used in the text?
• Not having a choice
• Not having a voice
• An act of tyranny
• A feeling of being burdened
• In what way does a model of care based on a feminist perspective
contrast sharply with a biomedical model?
• It provides a forum for the exploration of gender issues.
• It seeks equal distribution of power within the healthcare interaction.
• It emphasizes women’s rights.
, • It opens new avenues for women’s health care.
• Gender is rooted in and shaped by .
• society, biology
• self-representation, societal expectations
• biology, environment and experience
• biology, hormones
• Women’s health risks, treatments, and approaches are not always
based in science and biology because
om
• they are often based on outdated treatments and approaches.
• they are determined by social expectations and gender assumptions.
• they often rely on alternative treatments and approaches.
.c
• scientific research often fails to take women into consideration.
ep
• Reproductive rights were added to the World Health
pr
Organization’s human rights framework in the last ?
• 5 years
•
•
10 years
20 years
st
te
• 40 years
ng
• “Safe Motherhood” was added to the human rights framework in order to
• address maternal morbidity and mortality on a global level
si
• meet a legal obligation
ur
• correct an injustice
• correct an oversight
yn
• What is a chief failing of the biomedical model in regards to women’s health care?
.m
• Its reliance on studies comprised exclusively of males
• Its consideration of women as central the model
w
• Its emphasis on science and medicine
w
• Its limited definition of “health” as “the absence of disease”
w
• The social model of health places the focus of health on
• the community.
• the individual.
• environmental conditions.
• scientific research.
• Which question below supports the strategy: “Identify women’s
agency in the midst of social constraint and the biomedical paradigm.”?
• “Are ‘all women’ the same?”
• “Why do you care about the issue?”
• “Are women really victims or are they acting with agency?”
, • “Who has a choice within the context of health?”
• What had been a significant problem in medical research well into the 1990s?
• The focus on randomized clinical trials over epidemiological investigations
• The lack of representation of women in research trials
• The lack of research related to gynecology
• The focus on randomized clinical trials over observational research
• Gender differences in heart disease can be found in
• diagnosis.
om
• treatment.
• identification of symptoms.
• all of the above.
.c
ep
• What opportunities are created by applying feminist strategies to gynecologic health?
• Better insight into research methods related to gynecology
pr
• Better access to the populations affected by gynecologic health
• Better understandings from a wellness-oriented, women-centered framework
• st
Better understandings of the social construction of gender
te
ANSWER KEY
ng
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
si
• c
ur
yn
• b
.m
• d
• a
w
w
• b
w
• c
• b
• c
• a
• d
, • a
• c
• b
• d
• c
CHAPTER 2 Women's Growth and Development Across the Life Span
om
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
.c
Select the one correct answer to each of the following questions.
ep
• How does Erick Erikson’s grand theory of human development differ for females?
pr
• It recognizes achieving autonomy as a primary focus.
• It assumes only men desire autonomy.
•
•
st
It assumes female dependence on another in order to achieve a sense of self.
It assumes females desire dependence on others.
te
ng
• What is true about human development theories published before the 1970s?
• They are based on interviews conducted only with men.
si
• They assume androcentric models can be applied correctly to women.
• They frame women’s development as flawed in comparison to the standard.
ur
• All of the above.
yn
• What is the intention of the newer feminist models
of development?
.m
• To offer a new model within the traditional
biomedical focus.
w
• To offer alternatives to the constrained and previously misapplied models.
w
• To replace male generalist models with female generalist models.
• To present a contrast to privileged, white male-based models.
w
• What is a key limitation of prevailing developmental models for women?
• Gender differences assumed to be biologically
determined are more often socially constructed.
• They present conflicting and misapplied models.
• Gender differences are assumed to be socially prescribed.
• Similarities between male and female are emphasized over differences.
• What event in female development marks the beginning of a tension
between biologic changes and the social context?
• Turning 18 years old
