LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY.

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2012

SO 1805 – SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH

 

 

 

Date : 27-04-2012             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

PART – A

 

Answer ALL questions in about 30 words each:                                                           (10×2=20 marks)

 

1. State the definition of health according to W.H.O.
2. List any four roles of a medical sociologist.
3. Define sick role.
4. What is trepanation?
5. What is meant by social epidemiology?
6. What is a potion?
7. Who are known as midwifes?
8. What do you mean by home remedy? Give an example.
9. List any four inventions of 17^th century in the field of medicine.
10. Differentiate primary care from secondary care.

 

PART – B

Answer any FIVE questions of the following in about 300 words each:                      (5×8 =40 marks)

 

11. Discuss the present status of medical sociology.
12. Delineate illness as a lived experience.
13. Explain professional model of health care.
14. Compare and contrast the characteristics of primitive and folk medicine.
15. Examine Parson’s sick role concept.
16. Write a short note on hospice care.
17. Trace the evolution of renaissance medicine.

 

PART – C

 

Answer any TWO of the following in about 1200 words each:                                   (2×20 =40 marks)

 

18. Discuss the social basis of health.
19. Examine in detail the labeling theory of health and sickness.
20. Analyse the folk medicinal practices of Magdalenans and Ozarks.
21. Describe the evolution of modern medicine.

 

 

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