CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS
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�...
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CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS
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
b. self-representation, societal expectations
c. biology, environment and experience
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d. biology, hormones
7. Women’s khealth krisks, ktreatments, kand kapproaches kare knot kalways kbased kin
kscience kand kbiology kbecause k
a. they kare koften kbased kon koutdated ktreatments kand kapproaches.
b. they kare kdetermined kby ksocial kexpectations kand kgender kassumptions.
c. they koften krely kon kalternative ktreatments kand kapproaches.
d. scientific kresearch koften kfails kto ktake kwomen kinto kconsideration.
8. Reproductive krights kwere kadded kto kthe kWorld kHealth kOrganization’s khuman
krights kframework kin kthe klast k ?
a. 5 kyears
b. 10 kyears
c. 20 kyears
d. 40 kyears
9. “Safe kMotherhood” kwas kadded kto kthe khuman krights kframework kin korder kto k
a. address kmaternal kmorbidity kand kmortality kon ka kglobal klevel
b. meet ka klegal kobligation
c. correct kan kinjustice
d. correct kan koversight
10. What kis ka kchief kfailing kof kthe kbiomedical kmodel kin kregards kto kwomen’s khealth kcare?
a. Its kreliance kon kstudies kcomprised kexclusively kof kmales
b. Its kconsideration kof kwomen kas kcentral kthe kmodel
c. Its kemphasis kon kscience kand kmedicine
d. Its klimited kdefinition kof k“health” kas k“the kabsence kof kdisease”
11. The ksocial kmodel kof khealth kplaces kthe kfocus kof khealth kon k
a. the kcommunity.
b. the kindividual.
c. environmental kconditions.
d. scientific kresearch.
12. Which kquestion kbelow ksupports kthe kstrategy: k“Identify kwomen’s kagency kin kthe
kmidst kof ksocial kconstraint kand kthe kbiomedical kparadigm.”?
a. “Are k‘all kwomen’ kthe ksame?”
b. “Why kdo kyou kcare kabout kthe kissue?”
c. “Are kwomen kreally kvictims kor kare kthey kacting kwith kagency?”
d. “Who khas ka kchoice kwithin kthe kcontext kof khealth?”
13. What khad kbeen ka ksignificant kproblem kin kmedical kresearch kwell kinto kthe k1990s?
a. The kfocus kon krandomized kclinical ktrials kover kepidemiological kinvestigations
b. The klack kof krepresentation kof kwomen kin kresearch ktrials
c. The klack kof kresearch krelated kto kgynecology
d. The kfocus kon krandomized kclinical ktrials kover kobservational kresearch
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