Medical Sociology, Module 2

The father of Medical Sociology is ______

• Auguste Comte

• Talcott Parsons

• Talcot Parkinson's

• Talcat Parson

Medical Sociology is also called (a)   (fill in the blank)

In the 1950s, studies in Medical Sociology were focusing only on the social aspect of mental disorders.

• True

• False

• Not given

Medical sociology in the 1950s was divided by Talcott Parsons into two separate but interrelated areas: Sociology in Medicine

 and Sociology of Medicine

• True

• False

• Not Given

_______ deals as an independent with health institutions.

• Sociology in Medicine

• Sociology of Medicine

• Both of them

• None of them

_______ observes how lower social status and gender affect health interactions.

• Sociology in Medicine

• Sociology of Medicine

• Both of them

• None of them

_______ is motivated and employed by the medical institutions.

• Sociology in Medicine

• Sociology of Medicine

• Both of them

• None of them

_______ has been criticized for straying too far from the parent discipline.

• Sociology in Medicine

• Sociology of Medicine

• Both of them

• None of them

A profession is defined as any occupation that provides services for a definite fee or salary.

• True

• False

• Not Given

(a)   is a feeling, an experience of unhealthy which is entirely personal.