LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY
FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2007
SO 1805 – SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH
Date & Time: 27/04/2007 / 1:00 – 4:00 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
Part-A
Answer ALL questions in about 30 words each: (2×10=20 Marks)
- Define Hospital?
- What is Demography?
- What is Folk Medicine?
- Write a short note on Azande Witchcraft Association
- What is meant by psychosomatic diseases?
- What are the roles played by medical sociologists?
- Mention two nationwide studies on health in Britain?
- State the basic characteristics of an early Christian hospital.
- Point out the social elements of ageing.
- Elucidate the host factors for Poliomyelitis.
PART – B
Answer any five questions in about 300 words each (5×8=40 marks)
11.Describe the field of Medical Sociology.
12.Explain the sick role as enunciated by Parsons.
13.Discuss the importance of literacy as a correlate of health.
14.Describe the medieval and renaissance hospitals.
15.Explain the health problems of women and Aged.
16.How important is caste as a determinant of health status?
17.Highlight social structure as a macro variable affecting community health?
PART – C
Answer any TWO questions in about 1200 words each (2×20=40 marks)
18.Write an essay on the developments that took place in the field of medicine
between the 17th, and 19th centuries.
- Describe the social basis of Health- class, gender, and race.
- Explain the ethnographic examples of primitive medicines.
- Elaborate on the Health problems of Children and explain the health care services available.
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