Gynecologic Health Care- With an Introduction to Prenatal and Postpartum Care 4th Edition Test Bank

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Select the one correct answer to each of the following questions. • Which of the following best defines the term “gender” as used in this text? • A person’s sex • A person’s sex as ... defined by society • 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 • Which factor bears most on women’s health care today? • The complexity of women’s health • Women’s status and position in society • Population growth • The economy • Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more difficult within Western societies? • The multiplicity of minority groups complicates the issue. • The availability of health care makes acknowledgment more difficult. • The diversity of the news media clouds the issue. • Affluence and increased opportunities mask oppression. • 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health risks, treatments, and approaches are not always based in science and biology because • they are often based on outdated treatments and approaches.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. • scientific research often fails to take women into consideration. • Reproductive rights were added to the World Health Organization’s human rights framework in the last ? • 5 years • 10 years • 20 years • 40 years • “Safe Motherhood” was added to the human rights framework in order to • address maternal morbidity and mortality on a global level • meet a legal obligation • correct an injustice • correct an oversight • What is a chief failing of the biomedical model in regards to women’s health care? • Its reliance on studies comprised exclusively of males • Its consideration of women as central the model • Its emphasis on science and medicine • Its limited definition of “health” as “the absence of disease” • 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. • treatment. • identification of symptoms. • all of the above. • What opportunities are created by applying feminist strategies to gynecologic health? • Better insight into research methods related to gynecology • Better access to the populations affected by gynecologic health • Better understandings from a wellness-oriented, women-centered framework • Better understandings of the social construction of gender ANSWER KEY MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS • c • b • d • a • b • c • b • c • a • d • a • c • b • d • c CHAPTER 2 Women's Growth and Development Across the Life Span MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS Select the one correct answer to each of the following questions. • How does Erick Erikson’s grand theory of human development differ for females? • It recognizes achieving autonomy as a primary focus. • It assumes only men desire autonomy. • It assumes female dependence on another in order to achieve a sense of self. • It assumes females desire dependence on others. • What is true about human development theories published before the 1970s? • They are based on interviews conducted only with men. • They assume androcentric models can be applied correctly to women. • They frame women’s development as flawed in comparison to the standard. • All of the above. • What is the intention of the newer feminist models of development? • To offer a new model within the traditional biomedical focus. • To offer alternatives to the constrained and previously misapplied models. • To replace male generalist models with female generalist models. • To present a contrast to privileged, white male-based models. • 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. 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