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Sociology (Ch. 14) Test

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The incidence of disease in a given population
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Which program is essentially a compulsory health insurance plan for the elderly?
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The industrialized nations of North America and Europe account for 12 percent of the world's population. What population of worldwide consumption are they responsible for?
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The immigration to the U.S. and other industrialized nations of skilled workers, professionals, and technicians who are desperately needed in their home countries
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The expansion of medicine's domain of expertise and s assertion of absolute jurisdiction over many health care procedures are examples of what?
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Therapies in which the health care practitioner considers the person's physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual characteristics
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The area of study concerned with the interrelationships between people and their environment
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Latino folk medicine, a form of holistic health care and healing
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The incidence of death in a given population
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Which nation has the lowest infant mortality rate?
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Compared with Whites, Blacks have higher death rates from what disease?
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What percentage of Americans reported using some form of complementary or alternative medicine in a 2002 survey?
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brain drain
B.
morbidity rate
C.
curanderismo
D.
human ecology
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60 percent
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36
G.
Medicare
H.
Japan
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holistic medicine
J.
heart disease, diabetes, cancer
K.
the medicalization of society
L.
mortality rate
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As defined by the WHO, a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity
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The study of the distribution of disease, impairment, and general health status across a population
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The number of new cases of a specific disorder that occur within a given population during a stated period
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A disease or illness that cannot be understood apart from some specific social context
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The number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1000 live births in a given year
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The total number of cases of a specific disorder that exist at a given time
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Societal expectations about the attitudes and behavior of a person viewed as being ill
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The age group that is most likely to be covered by some form of health insurance is what?
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A legal strategy based on claims that racial minorities are subjected disproportionately to environmental hazards
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What is the international treaty that sought to reduce global emissions of greenhouse gases?

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