HS 4440 Quiz 1 (Chapters 1-5) Questions
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What is unorthodox medicine? - ANSWER Practices that are not accepted as correct,
proper, or appropriate or not in conformity with the beliefs or standard of the dominate
group of medical practitioners in a society
How are orthodox practitioners categorized? - ANSWER education level,
specializations, skill set and the like. we know that all orthodox practitioners generally
share same knowledge base, belief systems, and goals - they all speak the same
language.
Unorthodox Practitioners - ANSWER May be divided by skills, they do not share the
same belief systems, do not always speak the same language, and do not always have
the same goals.
They are not considered a distinct community of health care practitioners
what are the 3 perspectives of alternative care? - ANSWER orthodox, unorthodox and
scholarly
The orthodox perspective - ANSWER Creation of the term "quack" or "deviants"
Education and legal licensing are always issues, but most believe that even educated
and skillful "quacks" pose a threat to the community
Dan King - ANSWER quackery unmasked. Identified common characteristics of Quack
Medicine
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Pretense of new and important discoveries
Bitter and hostile attitude toward orthodox practitioners
Boasting of wonderful success at a rapid rate
, self-deluded, deranged quackery - ANSWER Those who sincerely believed in efficacy
of what they do
charlatans or imposters- malicious intent - ANSWER Those who knew they were
hoodwinking the public
Orthodox role - ANSWER saw their role against alternative medicine as protector of
public health
What was the first piece of legislation against quackery? - ANSWER Pure Food and
Drug Act on 1906. required labels on all remedies that indicate the contents of the
medicine
In addition to drugs and device quackery Orthodox physicians have to deal with other
health crusades including - ANSWER religious healing and folk medicine
unorthodox perspectives of alternative medicine - ANSWER eliminate quackery
unorthodox schools of thought - ANSWER belief that their approaches to medicine often
worked where allopathic medicine failed. worked most effectively with chronic disease
Samuel Hehnemann - ANSWER launched a tirade against the medical community in
1833
Samuel Thompson - ANSWER writes in his autobiography arguing the term QUACK
Brian Inglis - ANSWER holds medical community responsible for deaths and disabilities
caused by drugs and making people drug dependent
As the use of alternative practices became more popular, the lobbying action of the
allopathic world becomes more intense including - ANSWER Restriction of licensing for
practitioners
Mounting court cases against alternative practitioners
Future of unorthodox medicine - ANSWER Credentialing and formal education is
becoming more available
Licensing for various modalities are being fought for on both the state and the federal
level
Academically oriented researchers (PhD and MD) began to focus on - ANSWER
Testing hypothesis of all programs
Effects of various practices on overall service of health care delivery
Helped to provide social and cultural contexts in which claims and counterclaims of all
practices could be assessed.
Characteristics of Independent perspective - ANSWER Questioning of terminology.
With Complete Answers
What is unorthodox medicine? - ANSWER Practices that are not accepted as correct,
proper, or appropriate or not in conformity with the beliefs or standard of the dominate
group of medical practitioners in a society
How are orthodox practitioners categorized? - ANSWER education level,
specializations, skill set and the like. we know that all orthodox practitioners generally
share same knowledge base, belief systems, and goals - they all speak the same
language.
Unorthodox Practitioners - ANSWER May be divided by skills, they do not share the
same belief systems, do not always speak the same language, and do not always have
the same goals.
They are not considered a distinct community of health care practitioners
what are the 3 perspectives of alternative care? - ANSWER orthodox, unorthodox and
scholarly
The orthodox perspective - ANSWER Creation of the term "quack" or "deviants"
Education and legal licensing are always issues, but most believe that even educated
and skillful "quacks" pose a threat to the community
Dan King - ANSWER quackery unmasked. Identified common characteristics of Quack
Medicine
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Pretense of new and important discoveries
Bitter and hostile attitude toward orthodox practitioners
Boasting of wonderful success at a rapid rate
, self-deluded, deranged quackery - ANSWER Those who sincerely believed in efficacy
of what they do
charlatans or imposters- malicious intent - ANSWER Those who knew they were
hoodwinking the public
Orthodox role - ANSWER saw their role against alternative medicine as protector of
public health
What was the first piece of legislation against quackery? - ANSWER Pure Food and
Drug Act on 1906. required labels on all remedies that indicate the contents of the
medicine
In addition to drugs and device quackery Orthodox physicians have to deal with other
health crusades including - ANSWER religious healing and folk medicine
unorthodox perspectives of alternative medicine - ANSWER eliminate quackery
unorthodox schools of thought - ANSWER belief that their approaches to medicine often
worked where allopathic medicine failed. worked most effectively with chronic disease
Samuel Hehnemann - ANSWER launched a tirade against the medical community in
1833
Samuel Thompson - ANSWER writes in his autobiography arguing the term QUACK
Brian Inglis - ANSWER holds medical community responsible for deaths and disabilities
caused by drugs and making people drug dependent
As the use of alternative practices became more popular, the lobbying action of the
allopathic world becomes more intense including - ANSWER Restriction of licensing for
practitioners
Mounting court cases against alternative practitioners
Future of unorthodox medicine - ANSWER Credentialing and formal education is
becoming more available
Licensing for various modalities are being fought for on both the state and the federal
level
Academically oriented researchers (PhD and MD) began to focus on - ANSWER
Testing hypothesis of all programs
Effects of various practices on overall service of health care delivery
Helped to provide social and cultural contexts in which claims and counterclaims of all
practices could be assessed.
Characteristics of Independent perspective - ANSWER Questioning of terminology.
