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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MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS gg




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 gg gg gg gg gg


c. Population growth gg


d. The economy gg




3. Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more difficult
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within Westernsocieties?
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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.
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4. Which of the following most accurately defines “oppression” as used in the text?
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a. Not having a choice
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b. Not having a voice
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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
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contrast 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.
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d. It opens new avenues for women‟s health care.
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6. Gender is rooted in gg and shaped by
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a. society, biology gg


b. self-representation, societal expectations gg gg


c. biology, environment and experience gg gg gg


d. biology, hormones gg




7. Women‟s health risks, treatments, and approaches are not always based
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in 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
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human rights framework in the last ? a. 5 years
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b. 10 years gg


c. 20 years gg


d. 40 years gg




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
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c. correct an injustice gg gg


d. correct an oversight gg gg




10. What g g 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. gg

, b. the individual. gg


c. environmental conditions. gg


d. scientific research. gg




12. Which question below supports the strategy: “Identify women‟s agency in
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the 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?”gg gg gg gg gg gg


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 gg 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.
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d. all of the above. gg gg gg




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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