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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)

1. Define Hospital?
2. What is Demography?
3. What is Folk Medicine?
4. Write a short note on Azande Witchcraft Association
5. What is meant by psychosomatic diseases?
6. What are the roles played by medical sociologists?
7. Mention two nationwide studies on health in Britain?
8. State the basic characteristics of an early Christian hospital.
9. Point out the social elements of ageing.
10. 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 17^th, and 19^th  centuries.

1. Describe the social basis of Health- class, gender, and race.
2. Explain the ethnographic examples of primitive medicines.
3. Elaborate on the Health problems of Children and explain the health care services available.

 

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