Select the one correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. Which of the following best defines the term “gender” as used in this text?
a) A person’s sex
b) A person’s sex as defined by society
c) A societal response to a person’s self-representation as a man or woman
d) A...
TEST BANK
Gynecologic Health Care: With an Introduction to
Prenatal and Postpartum Care
4th Edition by Kerri Durnell Schuiling; Chapters 1 - 35
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Chapter 1 A Feminist Perspective of Women's Health &
Chapter 2 Racism and Health Disparities
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
Select the one correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. Which of the following best defines the term “gender” as used in this text?
a) A person’s sex
b) A person’s sex as defined by society
c) A societal response to a person’s self-representation as a man or woman
d) A person’s biological presentation as defined by himself or herself
2. Which factor bears most on women’s health care today?
a) The complexity of women’s health
b) Women’s status and position in society
c) Population growth
d) The economy
3. Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more difficult within Western
societies?
a) The multiplicity of minority groups complicates the issue.
b) The availability of health care makes acknowledgment more difficult.
c) The diversity of the news media clouds the issue.
d) Affluence and increased opportunities mask oppression.
4. Which of the following most accurately defines “oppression” as used in the text?
a) Not having a choice
b) Not having a voice
c) An act of tyranny
d) A feeling of being burdened
5. In what way does a model of care based on a feminist perspective contrast
sharply with a biomedical model?
a) It provides a forum for the exploration of gender issues.
b) It seeks equal distribution of power within the healthcare interaction.
c) It emphasizes women’s rights.
d) It opens new avenues for women’s health care.
6. Gender is rooted in and shaped by .
a) society, biology
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b) self-representation, societal expectations
c) biology, environment and experience
d) biology, hormones
7. Women’s r health rrisks, r treatments, r and r approaches r are r not r always r based r in
r science r and rbiology rbecause
a) they rare roften rbased ron routdated rtreatments rand rapproaches.
b) they rare rdetermined rby rsocial rexpectations rand rgender rassumptions.
c) they roften rrely ron ralternative rtreatments rand rapproaches.
d) scientific rresearch roften rfails rto rtake rwomen rinto rconsideration.
8. Reproductive r rights r were r added r to r the r World r Health r Organization’s r human
r rights r framework rin rthe rlast r ?
a) 5 ryears
b) 10 ryears
c) 20 ryears
d) 40 ryears
9. “Safe rMotherhood” rwas radded rto rthe rhuman rrights rframework rin rorder rto
a) address rmaternal rmorbidity rand rmortality ron ra rglobal rlevel
b) meet ra rlegal robligation
c) correct ran rinjustice
d) correct ran roversight
10. What ris ra rchief rfailing rof rthe rbiomedical rmodel rin rregards rto rwomen’s rhealth
rcare?
a) Its rreliance ron rstudies rcomprised rexclusively rof rmales
b) Its rconsideration rof rwomen ras rcentral rthe rmodel
c) Its remphasis ron rscience rand rmedicine
d) Its rlimited rdefinition rof r“health” ras r“the rabsence rof rdisease”
11. The rsocial rmodel rof rhealth rplaces rthe rfocus rof rhealth ron
a) the rcommunity.
b) the rindividual.
c) environmental rconditions.
d) scientific rresearch.
12. Which rquestion rbelow rsupports rthe rstrategy: r“Identify rwomen’s ragency rin rthe
rmidst r of rsocial rconstraint rand rthe rbiomedical rparadigm.”?
a) “Are r‘all rwomen’ rthe rsame?”
b) “Why rdo ryou rcare rabout rthe rissue?”
c) “Are rwomen rreally rvictims ror rare rthey racting rwith ragency?”
d) “Who rhas ra rchoice rwithin rthe rcontext rof rhealth?”
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13. What rhad rbeen ra rsignificant rproblem rin rmedical rresearch rwell rinto rthe r1990s?
a) The rfocus ron rrandomized rclinical rtrials rover repidemiological rinvestigations
b) The rlack rof rrepresentation rof rwomen rin rresearch rtrials
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