M.Sc Medical Sociology Question Paper

Loyola College M.Sc. Medical Sociology April 2012 Ngo Management Question Paper PDF Download

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY.

THIRD SEMESTER – APRIL 2012

SO 3810 – NGO MANAGEMENT

 

 

 

Date : 28-04-2012             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

 

PART A

 

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

 

  1. What is meant by voluntary action?
  2. Mention the chief objectives of NGOs.
  3. Differentiate CNGOs from INGOs.
  4. Name any two health related NGOs.
  5. Write a short note on accountability of NGOs.
  6. What is fund raising?
  7. Name the Acts under which NGOs have to be registered.
  8. What is the policy of the government towards health sector NGOs?
  9. Mention any two changes that NGOs have brought in the development of the nation.
  10. What is sustainability?

 

PART B

 

Answer any FIVE questions in about 300 words each:                                                (5 x 8=40 marks)

 

  1. Trace the origin and growth of NGOs.
  2. Describe the primary characteristics of NGOs.
  3. What is the difference between urban and rural NGOs? Explain with examples.
  4. Elucidate the legal framework of NGOs, its structure and composition.
  5. Dwell briefly on recruitment, staff training and evaluation of NGOs.
  6. Briefly describe the government policy over NGOs.
  7. Discuss the collaboration of the Government and NGOs in developmental programmes.

 

PART C

 

Answer any TWO questions in about 1,200 words each:                                           (2 x 20=40 Marks)

 

  1. Highlight the various activities of the CNGOs and INGOs in the field of Health.
  2. Explain the role of NGOs in advocacy for women and children.
  3. Discuss the issues and challenges facing the NGOs. Explain the need for code of Ethics in  the present scenario.
  4. Prepare a profile of an NGO working in the field of Health.

 

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Loyola College M.Sc. Medical Sociology April 2012 Medical Anthorpology Question Paper PDF Download

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY.

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2012

SO 1808 – MEDICAL ANTHORPOLOGY

 

 

Date : 02-05-2012             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

PART A

 

Answer ALL the following in about 30 words each:                                                    (10 x 2=20 marks)

 

  1. What is Anthropology?
  2. Define Ethnocentrism.
  3. What is the anthropological concept of culture?
  4. Distinguish between emic and etic perspective.
  5. What is ‘thick’ description?
  6. What is meant by ethnomedicine?
  7. Differentiate between health belief model and enlightenment model.
  8. Explain the term ‘structural violence’
  9. State the difference between illness and disease.
  10. Explain the term ‘structural violence’.

 

PART B

 

Answer any FIVE questions in about 300 words each:                                                 (5 x 8=40 marks)

 

  1. Elucidate the importance of participant observation.
  2. Explain the anthropological method of comparison and difference.
  3. Write a brief note on theoretical and applied medical anthropology.
  4. Explain with relevant example the different forms of medical pluralism.
  5. Critically examine explanatory models.
  6. Evaluate bio medicine as a cultural system.
  7. What meanings are attributed to pharmaceuticals and what implications do these have

for their use?

 

PART C

 

Answer any TWO questions in about 1,200 words each:                                           (2 x 20=40 Marks)

 

  1. “Anthropology’s experimental, reflective and critical activity is its strength”.

Substantiate.

  1. Define medical anthropology. Examine the main sources of medical anthropology.
  2. What is meant by medical system? Bring out Kleinmass’ analysis of the professional, folk or popular sectors of medical systems.
  3. What is illness narrative? Elucidate the structure and the cultural themes underlying illness narrative giving suitable examples.

 

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Loyola College M.Sc. Medical Sociology April 2012 Indian Social System And Health Question Paper PDF Download

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY.

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2012

SO 1806 – INDIAN SOCIAL SYSTEM AND HEALTH

 

 

Date : 30-04-2012             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

 

          Part-A

 

Answer ALL the following questions in 30 words each :                                            (10 x 2=20 marks)

 

  1. Define Ecological involution.
  2. Indicate any two factors that reduced the infant mortality rate in India.
  3. What is the principal cause for the sharp decline of the population of Parsis in India?
  4. Highlight any one positive impact of industrialization on Indian population.
  5. Point out the principal function of festivals in rural India.
  6. What is the meaning of seasonal migration?
  7. Write a short note on the classification of Indian Tribes according to the sociologists.
  8. Name any one movement which worked for the welfare of Tribals in 21st century.
  9. Was ophthalmic health care promoted in pre-modern India?
  10. What was the main criticism of Gandhi against the use of modern medicines?

 

Part-B

 

Answer any FIVE of the following questions in 300 words each :                                  (5 x8=40 marks)

 

  1. Discuss the demographic approach to Indian society.
  2. Mention specifically the social category of people which has the highest deficit of women. What are

the reasons?

  1. Elucidate the reasons for the steady increase of numerical strength of Muslims in India.
  2. Explain the socio-economic changes that are taking place in tribal India.
  3. What are the various types of tribal medicines?
  4. Mention the various dreadful diseases recorded in Harappan civilization and how were they treated?
  5. What were the methods adopted by the Medical Missionaries in the Telegu country to promote health

in Modern India?

Part-C

 

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

 

  1. Explain the social and cultural approach to health and diseases in India.
  2. Highlight the significant characteristics of Indian population.
  3. Elucidate the factors that account for the migration of the rural population into urban areas in India.
  4. Discuss Gandhian perspective on nutrition and sanitation.

 

 

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Loyola College M.Sc. Medical Sociology April 2012 Human Resource Management In Hospitals Question Paper PDF Download

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY.

SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2012

SO 2804 – HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN HOSPITALS

 

 

Date : 17-04-2012             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

 

Part-A

 

Answer ALL the following in 30 words each :                                           (10 x 2=20 marks)

 

  1. Define Human Resource Management according to Megginson.
  2. Differentiate policy from procedure.
  3. How does Stainer define Human Resource Planning?
  4. Mention some demerits of Human Resource Planning.
  5. Are selection tests important in the selection process?
  6. Write a short note on the types of recruitment agencies.
  7. Distinguish on-the-job training from off-the-job training.
  8. Indicate some important methods of training that come under cognitive approach.
  9. Why performance appraisal is important in an organisation?
  10. Mention some important characteristics of an incentive plan.

 

Part-B

 

Answer any FIVE of the following in 300 words each :                            (5 x8=40 marks)

 

  1. Expound the importance of Human Resource Management in the modern business world.
  2. Delineate the merits of Human Resource Accounting in an organization.
  3. Demarcate the significant steps in the process of job analysis.
  4. What are the various constraints involved in performance appraisal?
  5. “On-going training of personnel is important for the growth of an organization”-Discuss.
  6. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of incentive wage plan.
  7. Elucidate the various determinants of rewards in an organization.

 

Part-C

 

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

 

  1. Highlight the significance of Human Resource Planning at different levels in Hospitals.
  2. Elucidate the various methods of job evaluation.
  3. Write an essay on the principles of training in an organization like Hospitals.
  4. Based on your internship, discuss the reward system in multispeciality hospitals.

 

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Loyola College M.Sc. Medical Sociology April 2012 Health Policy And Planning Question Paper PDF Download

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY.

FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2012

SO 4805 – HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING

 

 

Date : 18-04-2012             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

                                                        PART A

 

Answer ALL the following questions in about 30 words each                                    (10 x 2=20 marks)

 

  1. State the aims of health policy.
  2. What is the relationship between policy making and power?
  3. Who are policy makers?
  4. What is pluralism?
  5. What according to Max Weber are the three sources of authority?
  6. What are multinational corporations?
  7. What is policy agenda?
  8. Explain interest group and pressure group.
  9. What is meant by ‘globalizing the policy process’?
  10. Differentiate between formative evaluation and summative evaluation.

 

PART B

 

Answer any FIVE questions in about 300 words each                                                  (5 x 8=40 marks)

 

  1. Elucidate the concepts of policy, public policy and health policy.
  2. ‘Health policy triangle is useful in analysis of policy’. Illustrate.
  3. Explain with example the different dimensions of power.
  4. Critically examine the central, state and local level health system in India.
  5. Write a brief note on globalizing the health policy process.
  6. Explain the important criteria for evaluating health care services.
  7. Bring out the practical steps advocated to reduce the ‘gap’ between research and policy.

 

PART C

 

Answer any TWO questions in about 1,200 words each.                                           (2 x 20=40 marks)

 

  1. ‘Actors are at the centre of the health policy framework’. Who are they? How do they

influence the policy process at the local, national, regional and international level?

  1. Examine the role and functions of the private sector in health policy and planning.
  2. Define global civil society. Examine the role and functions of global civil society.
  3. How does research and evaluation influence policy? Compare and contrast the engineering model with enlightenment model.

 

 

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Loyola College M.Sc. Medical Sociology April 2012 Health Communication Question Paper PDF Download

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY.

THIRD SEMESTER – APRIL 2012

SO 3952 – HEALTH COMMUNICATION

 

 

Date : 02-05-2012             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

Section A

 

Answer ALL questions in 30 words each. All questions carry equal marks.                      (10 × 2 = 20)

 

 

  1. What is communication and what are its types?
  2. State the meaning of communication hiatus.
  3. Point out any one implication of Third person effect in the field of health

communication.

  1. Identify any one contribution of print media to public health.
  2. Should a physician be an effective communicator? Present your defense briefly.
  3. Write a brief note on vertical communication.
  4. Does development depend entirely on communication? Justify.
  5. Does change in the pattern of communication signify social change? Explain.
  6. Can hand bills be a stand-alone technique of health communication? Why?
  7. Write a short note on any one doyen of Indian street theatre movement.

Section B

 

Answer any FIVE questions in 300 words each. All questions carry equal marks.             (5 × 8 = 40)

 

  1. What are wall charts? Illustrate their uses in health communication.
  2. Furnish a critique of Daniel Learner’s model of development communication.
  3. Comment on the nature of interaction between the paramedical staff and the patient in the context of a hospital.
  4. Illustrate the ‘power’ of the radio as a medium of communication in an agrarian community.
  5. Bring out the role of psychology in the growth of communication as a field of study.
  6. Highlight the contribution of political science to the field of communicology.
  7. Explicate the ideas of Schramm on communication.

Section C

 

Answer any TWO questions in 1200 words each. All questions carry equal marks.         (2 × 20 = 40)

 

  1. Discuss as to how sociology could be put into better use for designing a health campaign.
  2. Illustrate the uses and abuses of propaganda techniques and principles today.
  3. Describing the existing paradigm of communication between the physician and the patient, suggest ways to improve the quality of communication between them.
  4. Present a research design for a KAP research in the field of health communication. .

 

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Loyola College M.Sc. Medical Sociology April 2012 Counselling Question Paper PDF Download

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY.

THIRD SEMESTER – APRIL 2012

SO 3807 – COUNSELLING

 

 

Date : 24-04-2012             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

 

PART A

 

Write short note on the following in about 30 words each:                                         (10 x 2=20 marks)

 

  2. Eclectic Counselling.
  1. Humanistic therapy.
  2. Empty chair technique.
  3. Confidentiality.
  4. Counselor Competence.
  5. Self disclosure skill of a counselor.
  6. Bereavement counselling.
  7. Depression.

                  PART B

 

Answer any FIVE questions in about 300 words each:                                               (5 x 8=40 marks)

 

  1. Define counseling. Explain the common myths in counseling with facts.
  2. Explain REBT and discuss how it is different from CBT.
  3. Briefly explain Gestalt therapy with an example.
  1. Highlight the important skills of a counselor in different stages of counseling.
  1. Explain the importance of the use of questions in counseling.
  2. Explain the four phases of grief and the steps involved in counseling the bereaved.
  3. If you were a counselor how, would you counsel a HIV/AIDS patient?

 

                   PART C

 

Answer any TWO questions in about 1,200 words each:                                          (2 x 20=40 Marks)

 

  1. What are the various types of counseling? Explain with examples.
  2. Explain the process of counseling from establishing rapport till termination.
  3. With the help of a case study, explain how CBT can be used as an approach.
  4. What is addiction counseling? Explain any one model of counseling the chemically dependent.

 

 

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Loyola College M.Sc. Medical Sociology April 2012 Contemporary Sociological Theory Question Paper PDF Download

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY.

SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2012

SO 2807 – CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY

 

 

Date : 19-04-2012             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

 

Part – A

Write a short note on ALL of the following in about 30 words each:                  (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)

 

  1. Success proposition.
  2. Practical consciousness.
  3. The marginal utility principle.
  4. Regionalization.
  5. Lifeworld.
  6. Hegemony.
  7. Ideal State Apparatus.
  8. Habitus.
  9. Unconscious motives.
  10. Behaviourism.

 

Part – B

Answer any Five questions in about 300 words each:                                            (5 x 8 = 40 Marks)

 

  1. Explain Peter M. Blau’s implicit exchange principles.
  2. What do you understand by the regionalisation and routinization of interaction?
  3. What is the basic argument in ‘Legitimation Crisis’?
  4. Explain Althusser’s concept of state.
  5. Why does Bourdieu consider the opposition between objectivism and subjectivism as false?
  6. What are the four institutions that Giddens uses to describe modernity?
  7. Give a brief overview of the history of the development of exchange theory.

 

Part – C

Answer any Two questions in about 1200 words each:                                      (2 x 20 = 40 Marks)

 

  1. Discuss the key elements of structuration theory. Why is it considered as most articulated effort to integrate agency and structure?
  2. Examine in detail Bourdieu’s concept of Habitus and Field and how he manages to apply them in the real world.
  3. Examine in detail the concept of McDonaldization and how it creates a new means of consumption.
  4. ‘An exchange network is a specific social structure formed by two or more connected exchange relations between actors’ – Elucidate.

 

 

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Loyola College M.Sc. Medical Sociology April 2012 Community Health And Social Medicine Question Paper PDF Download

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY.

SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2012

SO 2808 – COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SOCIAL MEDICINE

 

 

Date : 21-04-2012             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

 

SECTION   –  A

 

Answer the following in 30 words each:                                        ( 10 x 2 = 20 marks )

 

01) Distinguish between society and community.

02) Mention the components of epistemiology.

03) What do you mean by variable? Give two examples.

04) Define system. Differentiate mechanical system from biological system.

05) What is the meaning of culture? Give any two examples of Indian culture.

06) What do you mean by indigenous medicine?

07) Explain the tools of rehabilitation with  examples.

08) Mention the specific roles of medical sociologists.

09) What do you mean by health professionals?

10) Define socialization.

 

SECTION – B

 

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

 

11) What are the causes and consequences of obesity?

12) Discuss the uses of vital statistics.

13) Explain the non-scientific art of healing.

14) Discuss the methods of raising health awareness.

15) What do mean by healthy environment? How will you promote this in a community?

16) Bring out the importance of counseling.

17) What is the meaning of therapy? Discuss its importance in health promotion.

 

SECTION   –  C

 

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

 

18) Critically examine the health services to tackle the health problems of the adults.

19) Examine the role of the health professionals in a hospital.

20) Discuss the treatments of non-communicable diseases.

21) Bring out the importance of community health and social medicine.

 

 

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Loyola College M.Sc. Medical Sociology April 2012 Classical Sociological Theory Question Paper PDF Download

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY.

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2012

SO 1810 – CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY

 

 

 

Date : 03-05-2012             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

 

Part – A

 

Write a short note on ALL of the following in about 30 words each:                             (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)

 

  1. Value Freedom.
  2. Determinism.
  3. Egoistic Instincts.
  4. Role-Distance.
  5. Hermeneutics.
  6. Adaptation.
  7. Reification.
  8. Social Construction of Reality.
  9. Nonfunctions.
  10. Repressive law.
  11. Voluntarism.

 

Part – B

 

Answer any Five questions in about 300 words each:                                                        (5 x 8 = 40 Marks)

 

  1. How does Comte look at Individuals in society? Why did he say that individuals are incapable of self-control?
  2. Explain Durkheim’s views on crime and punishment.
  3. What are the four interactional principles that constrain face-to-face interaction?
  4. Explain Weber’s concept of Verstehen. Does it give a rational procedure to study society?
  5. Explain the structure of the capitalist society proposed by Marx.
  6. Explain Parsons’ conception of Action, Interaction and Institutionalization.
  7. Explain the four functional imperatives, proposed by Parsons that are necessary for all systems.

 

Part – C

Answer any Two questions in about 1200 words each:                                                      (2 x 20 = 40 Marks)

 

  1. Explain Parsonian Structural Functionalism and evaluate the major criticism of structural functionalism proposed by Ritzer.
  2. Examine in detail how Comte presented his three stages of social development ‘mentalistically’.
  3. Critically evaluate Weber’s structures of authority.
  4. Examine in detail how Goffman perceived the self as the product of a dramatic interaction between actor and audience.

 

 

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Loyola College M.Sc. Medical Sociology April 2012 Bio-Medical Ethics And Law Question Paper PDF Download

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY.

THIRD SEMESTER – APRIL 2012

SO 3809 – BIO-MEDICAL ETHICS AND LAW

 

 

Date : 26-04-2012             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

 

Part – A

Write a short note on ALL of the following in about 30 words each:                                          (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)

 

  1. Brain Dead.
  2. Medical negligence.
  3. Extension Doctrine.
  4. Belmont report.
  5. Distributive justice.
  6. Descriptive ethics.
  7. Active euthanasia.
  8. Rule consequentialism.
  9. Virtue ethics.
  10. Double Doctrine effect.

 

Part – B

Answer any Five questions in about 300 words each:                                                         (5 x 8 = 40 Marks)

 

  1. What is the core idea of consequentialism?
  2. What is deontology? Why is it called a backward looking ethical theory?
  3. What is negative eugenics? What are the methods used in negative eugenics?
  4. Examine the controversy that surrounds stem cells research.
  5. How is virtue ethics considered as an antidote to the inadequacies of both deontology and consequentialism?
  6. Examine the features of reflective equilibrium.
  7. What is cloning? Examine the ethical issues that are associated with cloning.

 

Part – C

Answer any Two questions in about 1200 words each:                                                      (2 x 20 = 40 Marks)

 

  1. Critically evaluate how genetic technology may challenge equality.
  2. Can there be dignity in death? Examine in detail the case and controversy surrounding euthanasia.
  3. Critically evaluate the ethical rules that govern organ donation.
  1. Critically evaluate the role of ethical committees and law in protecting the human subjects

involved in clinical research. Present your opinion on the existing international and ICMR

guidelines.

 

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Loyola College M.Sc. Medical Sociology Nov 2012 Sociology Of Health Question Paper PDF Download

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY.

FIRST SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2012

SO 1805 – SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH

 

 

Date : 15/11/2012            Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

 

PART –A

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

 

  1. Define Health and Disease.
  2. What are the roles of a medical sociologist?
  3. What do you mean by sick role?
  4. Mention any two socio-demographic variables which have a bearing on medical care seeking behaviour.
  5. Define social epidemiology.
  6. What is genuine health care?
  7. Differentiate primitive from folk medicine.
  8. Mention any three ethnographic examples of folk medicine.
  9. State briefly the Hippocratic Oath.
  10. What is meant by Hospice care?

PART – B

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

 

  1. Briefly explain the origin and development of medical sociology.
  2. Bring out the gender disparity in health in India.
  3. Explain Parsons sick role theory with criticisms.
  4. Highlight Illness as lived experience.
  5. What are the various models of health care delivery? Describe the professional model.
  6. Describe the characteristics of primitive medicine with Azande as an ethnographic example.
  7. Trace the development of hospitals during medieval and renaissance period.

PART – C

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

 

  1. Analyze critically the assumptions of bio medical model of health.
  2. Examine the social-cultural and psychological factors on health and illness.
  3. Discuss the characteristics of folk medicine with Magdalena and Ozark as ethnographic examples.
  4. Elaborate the development of modern medicine in the Greek, Roman period

and 17th and 18th century.

 

 

 

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Loyola College M.Sc. Medical Sociology Nov 2012 Qualitative Research Methods Question Paper PDF Download

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY.

THIRD SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2012

SO 3806 – QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS

 

 

Date : 01/11/2012            Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

 

Part-A

 

Answer ALL the following in 30 words each :                                                       (10 X 2=20 marks)

 

  1. What is the meaning of Life History Method?
  2. Mention two major advantages of Physical Traces method of study.
  3. Define Participant Observation.
  4. Write a short note on Content Analysis.
  5. What are the difficulties involved in recording observations in the field research?
  6. Mention two major research topics to take Indian sociology to global heights.
  7. What is the difference between ideographic and nomothetic method of study?
  8. How does quantitative approach differ from qualitative approach?
  9. Define hypothesis.
  10. How does construct differ from concept?

 

Part-B

 

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

 

  1. “Validity means reliability and not vice versa”. Explain.
  2. What are the errors that may creep in the research findings?
  3. Explain the interplay between theory and method.
  4. Elucidate the different steps to construct a theory.
  5. Highlight the major assumptions of Participant Observation.
  6. Briefly discuss sampling in Content Analysis.
  7. Write a short note on natural accretions and decretions in Physical Traces study.

 

Part-C

 

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

 

  1. Critically evaluate the process of data collection through interview technique.
  2. What is the meaning of content analysis? Explain the different types of content analysis.
  3. Elucidate the important steps involved in the research process.
  4. Explain the interaction between research and theory.

 

 

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Loyola College M.Sc. Medical Sociology Nov 2012 Principles Of Sociology Question Paper PDF Download

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY.

FIRST SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2012

SO 1803 – PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY

 

 

Date : 01/11/2012            Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

PART – A

 

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

 

  • Define society.
  • What is meant by association?
  • What is cultural lag?
  • State the types of socialization.
  • What is meant by accommodation?
  • Differentiate associative from dissociative process.
  • What is meant by social control?
  • Mention the types of deviance.
  • Define social change.
  • Name the theorists associated with evolutionary theory on social change.

 

PART – B

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

 

  • Delineate the nature and subject matter of Sociology.
  • Write a note on sociological imagination.
  • Explicate ethnocentrism with examples.
  • Elucidate the factors favouring and hindering assimilation.
  • Discuss briefly the classification of social groups.
  • Explain the social significance of deviant behaviour.
  • Discuss in brief conflict theories of social change.

 

PART – C

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

 

  • Define Sociology. Elaborate on the characteristics and scope of Sociology.
  • What is socialisation? Analyze in detail the stages and agents of socialisation.
  • What is social control? Discuss the types and agencies of social control.
  • Discuss the different factors of social change.

 

 

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Loyola College M.Sc. Medical Sociology Nov 2012 Ngo Management Question Paper PDF Download

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY.

THIRD SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2012

SO 3810 – NGO MANAGEMENT

 

 

Date : 08/11/2012            Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

 

PART A

 

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

 

  1. Define voluntarism.
  2. State any two objectives of NGOs.
  3. What is CYNGO? Give two examples.
  4. Write a short note on advocacy role of NGOs.
  5. What is the act under which NGOs have to be registered?
  6. What are the various meetings conducted in an NGO?
  7. What does effective accountability of NGOs require?
  8. What do you understand by Government -NGO collaboration?
  9. Mention any two NGOs working for women empowerment.
  10. List any four components of a project proposal.

 

PART B

 

Answer any FIVE questions in about 300 words each:                                               (5 x 8=40 marks)

 

  1. Explain the growth of NGOs in India.
  2. Describe the roles and activities of NGOs.
  3. What are INGOs? Analyse their role in health sector in India.
  4. Describe the legal framework of NGOs.
  5. Highlight the need for code of ethics in NGOs.
  6. Briefly explain the policies of government over NGO.
  7. Describe the issues and challenges facing NGOs

 

PART C

Answer any TWO questions in about 1,200 words each:                                        (2 x 20=40 Marks)

 

  1. What is meant by voluntary action? Explain its manifestations and the factors that lead a person to voluntary action.
  2. Explain the various types of NGOs with examples
  3. Write a profile of an NGO working for children.
  4. Prepare a project proposal of an NGO.

 

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Loyola College M.Sc. Medical Sociology Nov 2012 Medical Anthorpology Question Paper PDF Download

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY.

FIRST SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2012

SO 1808 – MEDICAL ANTHORPOLOGY

 

 

Date : 09/11/2012            Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

 

PART A

Explain the following in about 30 words each:                                                             (10 x 2=20 marks)

 

  3. Emic and etic perspective.
  4. Thick description.
  5. Theoretical and applied medical anthropology.
  6. Health belief model.
  8. Medical pluralism.
  9. Illness and disease.
  10. Generic drugs.

 

PART B

Answer any FIVE questions in about 300 words each:                                                 (5 x 8=40 marks)

 

  1. Why are health professionals showing increasing interest in anthropology?
  2. Elucidate the anthropological perspective of comparison and difference.
  3. Illustrate the concept of explanatory model developed by Arthur Klienman.
  4. Explain ‘risky behaviours’ assumed to be associated with HIV/AIDS.
  5. Highlight bio-medicine as a cultural system.
  6. What is medicine? Bring out the variety of meanings given to medicine.
  7. What are the channels of ARV distribution and the role of government control?

 

PART C

Answer any TWO questions in about 1,200 words each:                                            (2 x 20=40 Marks)

 

  1. What is Anthropology? Evaluate the anthropological perspective of participant observation.
  2. What is a medical system? Discuss Klienman’s analysis of the medical systems.
  3. Explain the concept of structural violence. Examine the role of structural violence in situating sickness and health.
  4. Elaborate upon the major issues that are involved in medical research.

 

 

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Loyola College M.Sc. Medical Sociology Nov 2012 Indian Social System And Health Question Paper PDF Download

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY.

FIRST SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2012

SO 1806 – INDIAN SOCIAL SYSTEM AND HEALTH

 

 

Date : 07/11/2012            Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

 

 

SECTION-A

 

Answer the following in 30 words each:                                                                             (10×2=20)

 

  1. Define Demography.
  2. Explain the geographical approach.
  3. Define Urbanization.
  4. What do you mean by industrialization?
  5. Explain Kinship network.
  6. What is Caste?
  7. Define a Tribe.
  8. What do you mean by Globalization?
  9. What is Sushrutasamhita?
  10. How was surgery performed in Mughal period?

SECTION-B

 

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

 

  1. Explain Small pox and its treatment in pre- modern India.
  2. Write a brief note on pollution and health in Indian cities.
  3. Enumerate the characteristics of tribes in India.
  4. Collective sentiments and solidarity is the biggest asset in rural India – Explain.
  5. Discuss the health problems in rural areas.
  6. Elucidate the diverse problems of population and AIDS
  7. Bring out role of tribals in political participation.

SECTION – C

 

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

 

  1. Explain the anthropological and historical approach to Indian society in detail.
  2. Enumerate the causes and consequence of population explosion in India
  3. Examine the important features of rural India in detail.
  4. Discuss the role of freedom movement in public health issues.

 

 

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Loyola College M.Sc. Medical Sociology Nov 2012 Health Communication Question Paper PDF Download

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY.

THIRD SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2012

SO 3952 – HEALTH COMMUNICATION

 

 

Date : 10/11/2012            Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

 

Section A

 

Answer ALL questions in 30 words each. All questions carry equal marks:          (10 × 2 = 20 Marks)

 

  1. What do you understand by ‘communication hiatus’?
  2. Write a brief note on ‘American Soldier’ and the scholars associated with it.
  3. Define telemedicine. Point out any one use of it in the service of public health.
  4. What is meant by ‘participatory communication’?
  5. Explain briefly the plain-folk technique of communication.
  6. Who are non-medical staff? Draw a brief social profile of them.
  7. State any one popular definition of development and the inadequacy of the same.
  8. ‘Top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’ – What do they mean to you, a student of

development communication?

  1. Briefly explain ‘shadow puppet theatre’.
  2. Mention any two uses of electronic boards.

 

Section B

 

Answer any FIVE questions in 300 words each. All questions carry equal marks. (5 × 8 = 40 Marks)

 

  • What are wall-charts? Illustrate its uses in health communication.
  • Is development necessarily people-centered? Present your point of view.
  • Highlight the importance of communication in an organizational context.
  • Who are opinion leaders? What functions could they possible perform in the area of rural health?
  • Is the role of communication in health largely exaggerated? Present your defence briefly.
  • Highlight the contributions of E.Rogers to the field of communication.
  • Explicate the ideas of M.MacLuhan on communication.

 

Section C

 

Answer any TWO questions in 1200 words each. All questions carry equal marks.  (2 × 20 = 40 Marks)

 

  1. Write critical essay on what communication can and cannot achieve in the field

of health.

  1. Evaluate the uses and limitations of participatory model of communication.
  2. Can radio be the prime medium of communication in spreading health messages?

Let your answer be based on case studies.

  1. Dengue fever grips the city of Chennai. You are called in to serve the team

entrusted with launching an awareness campaign on preventive measures to be

adopted by Chennites. You are the team- leader. Draw a plan of action.

 

 

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Loyola College M.Sc. Medical Sociology Nov 2012 Classical Sociological Theory Question Paper PDF Download

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY.

FIRST SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2012

SO 1810 – CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY

 

 

Date : 05/11/2012            Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

 

Part-A

 

Answer ALL the following in 30 words each :                                                            (10 X 2=20 marks)

 

  1. Who is the founding father of Medical Sociology?
  2. What are the essential constituents of Enlightenment?
  3. What do social statics and social dynamics refer to?
  4. Explain crime and punishment as cause and consequence.
  5. Write a short note on alienation.
  6. Define Verstehen.
  7. Explain AGIL.
  8. What is the meaning of Middle range theory?
  9. How does G.H.Mead understand Mind?
  10. Define the meaning of Stigma with an example.

 

Part-B

 

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

 

  1. Explain the law of three stages.
  2. Elucidate the characteristics of ‘Ideal Types’.
  3. Highlight the various types of authority according to Weber.
  4. Discuss the Parsonian understanding of Structure and Social Action.
  5. Define the meaning of anomie according to R.K.Merton? How does it manifest in American

society?

  1. How does G.H.Mead understand society?
  2. Delineate E.Goffman’s concept of dramaturgy.

 

Part-C

 

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

 

  1. Discuss the social forces that contributed to the evolution of sociological theory.
  2. Critically evaluate Durkheim’s study on Suicide.
  3. Define dialectical materialism. Apply this philosophy to the evolution of different societies.
  4. Write a detailed essay on the theory of looking glass self.

 

 

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Loyola College M.Sc. Medical Sociology Nov 2012 Bio-Medical Ethics And Law Question Paper PDF Download

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY.

THIRD SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2012

SO 3809 – BIO-MEDICAL ETHICS AND LAW

 

 

Date : 06/11/2012            Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

     SECTION-A

 

Answer the following in 30 words each:                                                                                   (10×2=20)

 

  1. What is Bio – medical ethics?
  2. How do you define right ethics?
  3. Explain Biological anthropology.
  4. Quality of life is believed to be equality of life – why?
  5. What is aminocentestis?
  6. Explain invitro –fertilization.
  7. Define Euthanasia.
  8. What do you mean by contraception?
  9. Explain stem -cell therapy.
  10. What is gene- therapy?

SECTION-B

 

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

 

  1. Explain the concept of justices.
  2. Discuss dignity of human life from religious perspective.
  3. Write a short note on paternalism.
  4. What are the various types of fertility enhancement methods?
  5. Discuss the elements of informed consent.
  6. Explain the natural family planning process.
  7. Autonomy is a form of personal liberty – Explain.

                                                            SECTION – C

 

Answer any TWO of the following in 1000 words each:                                                           (2×20=40)

 

  1. What are the arguments of Abortion from pro-life and pro-choice perspective?
  2. Explain the various types of ethical theories in Bio-medical ethics.
  3. Euthanasia is an ordinary and extra –ordinary means of treatment – Discuss.
  4. Analyze the ethical issues and justification for organ transplantation.

 

 

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