LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

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THIRD SEMESTER – April 2009

MS 3803 / SO 3803 – COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SOCIAL MEDICINE

 

 

 

Date & Time: 16/04/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00         Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

SECTION A

(10 × 2 = 20 Marks)

Answer ALL questions in 30 words each. All questions carry equal marks.

1. What is community health?
2. Define social epidemiology.
3. Write a short note on Ayurveda system of medicine.
4. What do you understand by ‘non-scientific art of healing’?
5. State the meaning of rehabilitation.
6. Mention any six types of cancers.
7. Briefly explain the labeling theory.
8. Elucidate any two points of criticism on Parsons’ sick role theory.
9. Name the values into which a physician is socialized in Indian context.
10. Furnish a brief description of District Headquarters hospitals in India.

 

SECTION B

(5 × 8 = 40 Marks)

Answer any FIVE questions in 300 words each. All questions carry equal marks.

 

11. What are vital statistics? Explicate the sources of vital statistics.
12. Explain the concept of social epidemiology with a suitable example.
13. Briefly discuss Yoga as a system of healing.
14. Identify the environmental factors associated with cancer.
15. Highlight the role of a physician in rehabilitation.
16. Describe the type of socialization to which physicians are exposed in India.
17. Is sick person a social deviant? How?

 

SECTION C

(2 × 20 = 40 Marks)

Answer any TWO questions in 1200 words each. All questions carry equal marks.

 

18. Discuss the current status of and future prospects for nursing as a profession.
19. Examine the centrality of community as a unit idea in sociology.
20. Discuss the epidemiological factors of obesity and ways of prevention and

control.

21. Describe the development of medicine in 17^th and 18^th century.

 

 

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