Sick Around the World: UK & Japan
Of the following, which area of the UK health system needs improvement according to the critics of the NHS?
A. Primary Care B. Emergency Care C. Elective Care
What is elective care?
True or False: In Germany, no one has to pay a copay for health care except for pregnant women because their condition is self-selected.
What is FALSE?
Prior to the 1900s, physicians in the United States lacked:
b. Lengthy training in specialized knowledge
Florence Nightengale’s nursing students:
a. Were taught to be unengaged
b. Were taught working class ideals
c. Were taught the best qualities of ministers and doctors
d. Were taught the best qualities of mothers and housekeepers
e. Were seen as professional leaders
d. Were taught the best qualities of mothers and housekeepers
What is an illness behavior?
Activity undertaken by a person who feels ill for the purpose of defining that illness and seeking relief from it
British doctors and hospitals are not allowed to compete for profits. What do they compete for according to the PBS special?
What is SURVIVAL?
In what way might the US subsidize the health care system of Switzerland?
What is the US for-profit market of pharmaceuticals (many of which are made in Switzerland)?
The Flexner Report reviewed the state of:
a. American medical education.
b. The AMA.
c. The professionalization of physicians.
d. Infectious disease.
e. None of the above.
a. American medical education
What is the central rule of the doctor-nurse game?
a. Communicate clearly and succinctly
b. Only speak in private
c. Avoid open disagreement between the players
d. Ignore existing power structures
e. Only speak in public
c. Avoid open disagreement between the players
The most common response to symptoms of illness around the world
What is self-care?
Name the reason British general practitioners receive bonuses under the NHS system.
What is healthy patients?
Why did the German doctors organize and protest the government in the spring of 2006?
What is they felt they were being undervalued and underpaid?
The status and prestige accorded to the physician is recognition of the physician’s expertise concerning one of society’s most essential functions—the definition and treatment of health problems.
a. True
b. False
a. True
In the U.S., health care tends to be viewed as:
a. A privilege based on ability to pay for a commodity.
b. A privilege based on citizenship.
c. A right granted regardless of living conditions or financial status.
d. A right based on participation in capitalist markets.
e. None of the above.
a. A privilege based on ability to pay for a commodity.
Which socioeconomic group tends to have the highest rates of no insurance?
What is the working poor?
Name the primary reason Japanese health care is so inexpensive.
What is the Japanese Health Ministry tightly controls the PRICES of all health care services and goods?
What country has the 2nd most expensive health care in the world (after the US)?
A. Taiwan B. Switzerland C. Germany D. UK
What is Switzerland?
Which group may hold doctorates in their field?
a. Nurses.
b. Physical therapists.
c. Pharmacists.
d. Nutritionists.
e. All of the above.
e. All of the above?
What is habitus and who came up with the idea?
class related set of durable dispositions to act in particular ways; Bourdieu
Which racial/ethnic minority has the lowest rates of health insurance?
What are Mexican-Americans
What is the average length of a doctor's visit for primary care needs in Japan?
What is 3 minutes per visit on average?
Why does Taiwan have the lowest administrative costs in the world?
What are
(1) single payer insurance system and
(2) mandatory use of "smart cards"--individualized health records on a card that the Taiwanese use to bill the national health system and track health?
At the beginning of the 21st century we are witnessing that the dominance of medical profession is:
a. Declining.
b. Expanding.
c. Increasing.
d. Stagnating.
e. None of the above.
a. declining
Two criticisms of Parson's Sick Role include:
Applies to acute illnesses and doesn't explain chronic illness well.
Does not account for variations in the patient-physician relationship
Applies primarily to middle-class persons
Discuss why sociologists describe illness as a state of deviance
Being ill can disrupt normal social functioning and it is generally viewed as undesirable by both individuals and society