Health Class

Exam

44 cards·by anbennett

Main difference between MD and DO?

DO usually places more emphasis on holistic meds.

Chiropractors, acupuncturists, and homeopaths are best considered what kind of healthcare practitioners?

Complementary health care pract

What is the alternative medical approach that stresses mind/body balance, proper diet, stress reduction, and reliance on the body’s own..

Naturopathy

The established amount that the insuree must pay before the insurer reimburses for services is called

the deductible

the primary method chiropractors use to treat illness?

manipulate the spinal

pharmacist are required to give you

a patients information: the instruction

intentional injury rate, for both genders, occurs in which age group

20-24

Homicide, robbery, rape, and sexual assault are all considered

intentional

refers to violence committed against a domestic partner?

Intimate partner violence

common type of child abuse

neglect

description of a hate crime is a criminal act committed against someone because of

because of something they have done to you (characteristic)

a person carries out plans to pursue an intended victim, involving repeated visual or physical proximity, he or she is committing

stalking

13. Callie narrowly escaped an attempted date rape, and she doesn’t want to repeat the experience

refrain form drinking

14. Date rape victims commonly suffer from what following the assault?

PTSD

Jenny was leaning over the copy machine in a crowded office

the intent

you have the greatest control over your..

personal environmnet

Paint stripper, gasoline, and cleaning solvents are sources of

volatile organic compounds

Long term exposure to volatile organic compounds such as paint and cleaning solvents are likely to do damage to what?

Organs and nervous

When would someone MOST likely be exposed to asbestos?

An older building

21. Lead has the MOST serious health effects for which group?

Infants and children

22. What should you do if unsafe levels of radon are detected in your home?

Call a professional and have them install a radon system below and around.

23. Private water supplies should be tested annually for what?

Fecal coliform bacteria

24. Threats to the regional environment include:

air/water/land pollution, ionizing radiation, loss of green space

brownish haze over communities where substances produced when hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, and other small particulate matter chemically i

smog

26. Most land pollution today is associated with the disposal of ________________ waste.

solid

major concerns about the expansion of the human population

Increase air and water pollution, starvation, conflict and political...

Thirty-eight-year-old Benito has been told that he has inoperable cancer, and he feels now that God has cheated him out of a full life.

anger

The first stage that dying people typically experience is

denial

30. What BEST illustrates the emotional stage of acceptance by a terminally ill person?

neither happy nor side about situation

Among those people who are closest to a dying person, it has been observed that

they’re going to go through the same emotional stages as the dying person

32. The main idea of durable power of attorney for health care is to

choosing a trusted person who can health are decision for you

Physician-assisted suicide is MOST similar to which of the following?

active

The scientific explanation for near-death experiences is that

they are unexplained and unexplainable with the tools of science

The best advice for interacting with a dying person is to

be honest

Three-year-old Jeffrey’s father has just died. The best way to communicate with Jeffrey is to tell him

he died and he is not coming bac

The main purpose of hospice care is to maximize

the quality of life and to allow death with dignity

Hospices are unique in their emphasis on

the care given to the survivors

What is the BEST describes an epitaph?

The inscription on the grave stone

Margaret’s husband died suddenly, and Margaret is torn by guilt over the times that she criticized or neglected him in the days before h

Yes it is okay that you feel this way however if feelings of guilt persist suggest that she sees someone

What are the options commonly available for the disposition of a dead body?

Ground burial, entroment, cremation , anatomical donation

Discuss ways that you can limit your own contribution to air pollution.

Car pull, feel your gas tank, mow your yard, use to grill during cool hours of the day, use mass transit, and conserve electricity.

List the benefits of the self-care movement

reduce health care costs, freezes up the time for medical specialist to spend with other patients, able to provide effective care for partic

List some measures you can take to decrease your risk of identity theft.

Do not give out personal information by parties unless you have consent it, avoid obvious commonly used passwords, keep personal information

What are the 5 Psychological Stages of Dying as described by Dr. Kubler-Ross?

Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance