DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (Sociology) DEGREE EXAMINATION,
DECEMBER 2017.
SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
PART A — x 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following in about 150 words each.
1. Bring out the meaning of Sociology of Health.
2. State the impact of interaction of mind on Health.
3. What do you meant by Psycho-Physiological medicine?
4. Write a note on illness as deviance.
5. Explain the present trend of health in a changing society.
6. List out the social factors causing stress.
7. "Hospital as a social institution" Justify.
8. Critically analyse the role of sociologists in Child Health.
PART B — × 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following in about 700 words.
9. Give an account on Health Policy of Government in India.
10. Discuss the medical social services in Hospitals.
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11. Explain the models of seeking medical care.
12. Discuss the attitude and beliefs towards ill health and
treatment.
13. Bring out the relationship between medicine and
sociology.
14. Give an account on physician in a changing society
measures.
15. Describe the socio demographic variables in the process of
seeking medical care.