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Which of the following is linked to breast cancer? smoking antiperspirants. previous abortions menarche before the age of 12
Sexual health is: focused on biological function, behavior, body awareness, and acceptance. focused on sexual function and sexually transmitted diseases. primarily focused on our physical well-being. focused on our mental health and our attitudes toward sexuality.
The sexual rights of people with disabilities include all of the following EXCEPT the right to: choose one's marital status. free medical care and sex counseling. privacy. sexual expression.
Which of the following is NOT an important goal for enhancing the sex lives of the disabled? permission to express oneself sexually in keeping with one's physical abilities learning the skills of intimate communication readjusting performance expectations given a disabled person's actual sexual capacity focus on a way to make penetrative sex possible
Which of the following is NOT an indicator of a prostate problem? painful ejaculation high blood pressure a weak stream during urination difficulty holding back urination
Which of the following does NOT describe lesbians' experiences with health care? They are often assumed to be heterosexual. They may be subjected to inappropriate assumptions and questions. They are more likely to seek out health care than heterosexual women. They encounter hostility if their sexual orientation is disclosed.
a person who drinks alcohol to blot out socially unacceptable feelings of anger is engaging in
Substances that supposedly increase sexual desire or improve sexual performance are known as: potentiaters. aphrodisiacs. SSRIs. sexual stimulants.
The adverse effects of using anabolic steroids are serious because: they cause acne. they increase male sex drive and sexual behavior. some are irreversible and life-threatening. they are hard to diagnose.
someone who points out that persons with polio would be far less disabled if sidewalks were constructed with wheelchair users in mind is
A Pap test can warn against: ovarian and cervical cancer in any stage. cervical cancer even before it begins. ovarian cancer in Stage I. HPV but is unreliable in detecting cancer.
chronic pain is more common among which of the following?whites, women, suburbanites, middle-class, men
the most common underlying reason for disability among adults
we can tell that a condition is deviant by seeing if those who exhibit the condition-are police officers-receive token gifts-have broken universal moral laws-are punished-engage in social control
explanations for illness that emphasize individual blame have-increased individuals' risk of arthritis-resulted in greater sympathy for those with polio-encouraged policy makers to ignore social and environmental causes of illness-encouraged policy makers to focus on the impact of poverty-disappeared from American culture
according to the medical model of illness-illness is best dealt with through holistic treatment-doctors should recognize that the body is more than a mere machine of factory-doctors around the world generally reach the same diagnosis when confronted with the same symptoms-a given illness will manifest itself in different ways in different countries-illness is anything less than a complete state of physical, social, and mental well-being
percentage of working adults who report a diagnosable mental illness
early 19th century doctors argued that cholera typically attacked only individuals who-had bad genes-had been weakened by living in poverty-had come in contact with dangerous miasma-had weakened their bodies through improper living-were malnourished
someone who wins wheelchair marathons to prove he is not different from others despite his disability is
the idea that disabled persons would experience fewer problems if they had better attitudes is an example of