LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034  M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – SOCIOLOGY

THIRD SEMESTER – NOV 2006

         SO 3803 – COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SOCIAL MEDICINE

Date & Time : 25-10-2006/9.00-12.00         Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

Part – A                                 (10 x 2 = 20 marks)

Write a short note on the following questions in about 30 words each.

1. Crude Rate
2. Social medicine
3. Epidemiology
4. Folk Medicine
5. Secondary attack rate
6. Osteopathy
7. Cauterisation.
8. Vis Medicatrix naturae.
9. Bio-Medical concept of health.
10. Distinguish sickness from illness.

Part – B                                   (5 x 8 = 40 marks)

Answer any FIVE questions in about 300 words each.

1. Explain the major causal explanation of illness or death in primitive societies.
2. What is the difference between physical disability and physical handicap?
3. Write a detailed note on the ethical practices that are sanctioned by the Hippocratic oath.
4. Write a detailed note on Renaissance Medicine.
5. What is the sociological significance of the concept Disease?
6. What are the strategies employed to prevent chronic diseases?
7. ‘Medical progress must be measured by how we treat the least of our brethren’. Elucidate.

Part – C                                 (2 x 20 = 40 marks)

Answer any TWO questions in about 1200 words each.

1. Examine the characteristics of Folk medicine practiced by the peasant group in Magdalena, Guetamala.
2. ‘Sickness is dysfunctional because it represents a mode of response to social pressure that permits the evasion of social responsibilities.’ Comment.
3. Examine the various social factors that affect doctor-patient interaction.
4. As a medical sociologist what are the methods that you would incorporate to raise the health awareness in the community?

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