In examining health, illness, and medicine as a social institution, which sociological perspective generally focuses on micro-level study of the roles played by health care professionals and patients?
A. interactionist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. functionalist perspective
D. global perspective
Answer: A
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According to Shepard, the most common pattern of ethnic conflict is ____
a. subjugation b. melting pot c. genocide d. Anglo-conformity e. assimilation
Ethnographic fieldwork that involves researchers living or interacting with the people they are studying:
a. is a useful way to gather information, so long as objectivity and careful attention to facts are maintained b. requires the researcher to contact law enforcement first, in order to avoid arrest if his or her subjects break the law c. creates contaminated data and is now recognized as a very poor way to do research d. is one of the most expensive ways to do social research
The following are risk factors for arthritis except:
A) overweight/obesity B) joint injuries C) infection in joints D) certain occupations E) All of the above are risk factors.
Why were historically black colleges and universities founded?
A. to give all students more choice about what college to attend B. to serve African American students who were excluded from other colleges C. to celebrate the multiracial history of the United States D. because African American students wanted more college options