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1. When and where was Canada’s first medical school established?
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a. Saskatoon, in 1868 DE DE
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c. Montreal, in 1825 DE DE
d. Kingston, in 1855 DE DE
ANS: D E C
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A The first medical
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B The first medical
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C The first medical
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D The first medical
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2. In 1834, William Kelly deduced which public health principle?
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a. Vaccination can successfully eradicate smallpox.
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b. Education is directly related to health.DE DE DE DE DE
c. Quarantine effectively contains infections.
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d. Sanitation and disease are related. DE DE DE DE
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A William Kelly did not deduce that smallpox could be eliminated with a vacci
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B William Kelly did not deduce that education level was related to health.
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C William Kelly did not introduce quarantine to contain disease.
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D William Kelly suspected a relationship between sanitation and disease and de
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duced that water might be a source of contamination.
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3. Which of the following volunteer organizations was involved in the evolution of health c
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are in Canada?
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a. The Order of St. John
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b. The Veterans’ Society
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c. The St. Andrew’s Society
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d. The Canadian Nurses Association
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ANS: D E A
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, A The Order of St. John was introduced in Canada in 1883; the members had
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knowledge of first aid, disaster relief, and home nursing.
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B The Veterans’ Society did not play a part in the evolution of health care in
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Canada.
C The St. Andrew’s Society did not play a part in the evolution of health care
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in Canada.
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D The Canadian Nurses Association did not play a part in the early evolution o
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f health care in Canada.
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4. What did the Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act (1957) propose?
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a. Provinces without a health insurance plan must pay additional federal tax.
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b. Provinces and territories with a health insurance plan would receive substa
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ntial funding from the federal government.
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c. Certain services would no longer be funded by the federal government.
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d. Physicians would be allowed to charge a fee for service to the client.
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ANS: D E B
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A The Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act did not propose an incr
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ease in tax for provinces without a plan.
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B Under the Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act (1957), provinces
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and territories with a health insurance plan would have funding matched b
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y the federal government by 50 cents for every dollar.
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C The Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act did not propose the re
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moval of insured medical services.
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D The Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act did not allow physicians
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to charge a fee for service.
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5. What major change in political thinking occurred in post–
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World War II Canada in relation to health care?
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a. Universities should educate more nurses. DE DE DE DE
b. The government should not be required to provide access to primary health care.
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c. Individual families should be responsible for absorbing the cost of health care.
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d. Governments should be responsible for providing basic services like health care.
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ANS: D E D
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A The need to educate more nurses was not part of post–
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World War II thinking in Canada.
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B The lack of responsibility of the government to provide health care was not
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part of post–World War II thinking in Canada.
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C The belief that families should bear the cost of health care was not part of t
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he political thinking in post–World War II Canada.
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World War II Canada, and in the aftermath of a depression, the thinking s
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hifted to the idea that governments had an obligation to provide Canadians
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with a better standard of living, including access to quality health care.
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1. When and where was Canada’s first medical school established?
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a. Saskatoon, in 1868 DE DE
b. Ottawa, in 1867 DE DE
c. Montreal, in 1825 DE DE
d. Kingston, in 1855 DE DE
ANS: D E C
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A The first medical
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B The first medical
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C The first medical
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D The first medical
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2. In 1834, William Kelly deduced which public health principle?
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a. Vaccination can successfully eradicate smallpox.
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b. Education is directly related to health.DE DE DE DE DE
c. Quarantine effectively contains infections.
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d. Sanitation and disease are related. DE DE DE DE
ANS: D E D
Feedback
A William Kelly did not deduce that smallpox could be eliminated with a vacci
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ne.
B William Kelly did not deduce that education level was related to health.
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C William Kelly did not introduce quarantine to contain disease.
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D William Kelly suspected a relationship between sanitation and disease and de
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duced that water might be a source of contamination.
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3. Which of the following volunteer organizations was involved in the evolution of health c
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are in Canada?
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a. The Order of St. John
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b. The Veterans’ Society
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c. The St. Andrew’s Society
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d. The Canadian Nurses Association
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ANS: D E A
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, A The Order of St. John was introduced in Canada in 1883; the members had
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knowledge of first aid, disaster relief, and home nursing.
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B The Veterans’ Society did not play a part in the evolution of health care in
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Canada.
C The St. Andrew’s Society did not play a part in the evolution of health care
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in Canada.
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D The Canadian Nurses Association did not play a part in the early evolution o
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f health care in Canada.
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4. What did the Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act (1957) propose?
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a. Provinces without a health insurance plan must pay additional federal tax.
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b. Provinces and territories with a health insurance plan would receive substa
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ntial funding from the federal government.
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c. Certain services would no longer be funded by the federal government.
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d. Physicians would be allowed to charge a fee for service to the client.
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ANS: D E B
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A The Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act did not propose an incr
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ease in tax for provinces without a plan.
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B Under the Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act (1957), provinces
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and territories with a health insurance plan would have funding matched b
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y the federal government by 50 cents for every dollar.
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C The Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act did not propose the re
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moval of insured medical services.
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D The Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act did not allow physicians
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to charge a fee for service.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge DE DE REF: DEDE p. 13 DE
5. What major change in political thinking occurred in post–
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World War II Canada in relation to health care?
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a. Universities should educate more nurses. DE DE DE DE
b. The government should not be required to provide access to primary health care.
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c. Individual families should be responsible for absorbing the cost of health care.
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d. Governments should be responsible for providing basic services like health care.
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ANS: D E D
Feedback
A The need to educate more nurses was not part of post–
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World War II thinking in Canada.
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B The lack of responsibility of the government to provide health care was not
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part of post–World War II thinking in Canada.
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C The belief that families should bear the cost of health care was not part of t
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he political thinking in post–World War II Canada.
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, D In post–
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World War II Canada, and in the aftermath of a depression, the thinking s
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hifted to the idea that governments had an obligation to provide Canadians
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with a better standard of living, including access to quality health care.
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