LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY.

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2012

SO 1805 – SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH

 

 

 

Date : 27-04-2012             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

PART – A

 

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

 

1. State the definition of health according to W.H.O.
2. List any four roles of a medical sociologist.
3. Define sick role.
4. What is trepanation?
5. What is meant by social epidemiology?
6. What is a potion?
7. Who are known as midwifes?
8. What do you mean by home remedy? Give an example.
9. List any four inventions of 17^th century in the field of medicine.
10. Differentiate primary care from secondary care.

 

PART – B

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

 

11. Discuss the present status of medical sociology.
12. Delineate illness as a lived experience.
13. Explain professional model of health care.
14. Compare and contrast the characteristics of primitive and folk medicine.
15. Examine Parson’s sick role concept.
16. Write a short note on hospice care.
17. Trace the evolution of renaissance medicine.

 

PART – C

 

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

 

18. Discuss the social basis of health.
19. Examine in detail the labeling theory of health and sickness.
20. Analyse the folk medicinal practices of Magdalenans and Ozarks.
21. Describe the evolution of modern medicine.

 

 

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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)

 

11. Briefly explain the origin and development of medical sociology.
12. Bring out the gender disparity in health in India.
13. Explain Parsons sick role theory with criticisms.
14. Highlight Illness as lived experience.
15. What are the various models of health care delivery? Describe the professional model.
16. Describe the characteristics of primitive medicine with Azande as an ethnographic example.
17. 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)

 

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

and 17^th and 18^th century.

 

 

 

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