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Mary Boulton and her colleagues explain that the influence of social class on the doctor-patient relationship is best understood in terms of:

A) Social distance.
B) Social space.
C) Power and space.
D) All of the above.
E) None of the above.

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People with middle and upper socioeconomic status tend to be more ________________ and active participants in the physician-patient encounter.

A) Aggressive.
B) Consumer-oriented.
C) Focused on getting well.
D) Disease-focused.
E) None of the above.

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Doctor-patient relationships in the U.S. have seriously _______________ in recent years.

Women have been historically underrepresented in medical school classes owing to which of the following?

Szasz and Hollender focused on the manner in which patients try to modify treatment prescribed by a physician.

The relevance of the ______________ model for understanding doctor-patient relations is the view of the interaction as a process of negotiation, rather than the physician simply giving orders and the patient following them in an automatic, unquestioning manner.

_______________ is thought to protect women against heart attacks until menopause, when levels drop.

The ___________________ model arises most often when the patient has an acute, often infectious illness, like the flu or measles.

Which model of interaction is the norm in most doctor-patient interactions?

Some patients may perceive women physicians as less of an authority figure than male physicians.

The Internet has become a major source of medical information for many lay people.

Physicians prescribe medications, diets, and the like and expect patients to follow them faithfully. This is called:

The ___________________ model applies when the patient is seriously ill or being treated on an emergency basis in a state of relative helplessness, due to a severe injury or lack of consciousness.

When a patient is extremely ill or there is an emergency, doctors still cannot make life-saving decisions about patients without consulting them.

Better educated and younger adults tend to be more skeptical of physician motives in providing treatment.

Which involves the extensive use of advanced technology for testing, diagnosis, and the scientific determination of treatment in a more differentiated world of health care delivery?

In 2011-12, about ____________ of all students entering medical schools were women.

Distress may not be only physical; purely ____________ needs can trigger a visit to a doctor as well.

____________________ take(s) the position that the seriousness of the patient's symptoms is the determining factor in doctor-patient interaction.

Modern-day medical practice is provided within the context of middle-class norms.