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Care 4th Edition Test Bank
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, Gynecologic Health Care with an Introduction to Prenatal and Postpartum Care 4th Edition
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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 d$
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 d$ d$ d$ d$ d$
c) Population growth d$
d) The economy d$
3. Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more difficult within W
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estern societies?d$
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. d$ d$ d$ d$ d$
4. Which of the following most accurately defines “oppression” as used in the text?
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a) Not having a choice d$ d$ d$
b) Not having a voice d$ d$ d$
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 sharp
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ly 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. d$ d$ d$
d) It opens new avenues for women’s health care.
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6. Gender is rooted in d$ d$ d$ and shaped by .
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a) society, biology d$
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c) biology, environment and experience d$ d$ d$
d) biology, hormones d$
7. Women’s health risks, treatments, and approaches are not always based in scienc
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e 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.d$ d$ d$ d$ d$ d$ d$ d$
8. Reproductive rights were added to the World Health Organization’s human right d$ d$ d$ d$ d$ d$ d$ d$ d$ d$
s framework in the last ?
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a) 5 years d$
b) 10 years d$
c) 20 years d$
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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 d$ d$ d$
c) correct an injustice d$ d$
d) correct an oversight d$ d$
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.d$
b) the individual.
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c) environmental conditions. d$
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12. Which question below supports the strategy: “Identify women’s agency in the mid
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st of social constraint and the biomedical paradigm.”?
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a) “Are ‘all women’ the same?” d$ d$ d$ d$
b) “Why do you care about the issue?” d$ d$ d$ d$ d$ d$
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?”d$ d$ d$ d$ d$ d$ d$ d$
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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