DYNAMICS OF HEALTH CARE IN SOCIETY
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED
APLUS
●● what holistic medicine deals with the alignment of the spine
Answer: chiropractor
●● what field assists physicians both in exam rooms as well as the
reception desk
Answer: Medical Assistants
●● Why has home health care increased over the past decade
Answer: increasing numbers of older people are living longer with
chronic illnesses
●● what field of medicine has a broad range of knowledge serving a
large range of patients
Answer: general practitioner
●● what is it called when vital signs from home are transmitted to
doctors over the phone
Answer: telemedicine
,●● what is the basic legal right held by all U.S. citizens
Answer: Civil Rights
●● what are the basic legal rights held by all U.S. citizens through the
U.S. constitution
Answer: constitutional rights
●● What are the fundamental rights of all people regardless of
citizenship status
Answer: human rights
●● what law focuses on issues between private citizens, such as medical
malpractice
Answer: civil law
●● what is a law that are enacted by federal, state, and local legislatures
and enforced by the court system
Answer: statutory law
●● what laws are designed to encourage people to give emergency
medical care without fear of being sued
Answer: Good Samaritan Laws
, ●● what is it called when patients are given information about their care
and voluntarily consent to particular treatments or procedures
Answer: Informed Consent
●● What is it called when a patient is unconscious and is assumed that
they have given permission
Answer: implied consent
●● what is a set of guidelines that help determine right from wrong
Answer: Ethics
●● What is it called when a nurse forgets to give a dose of medicine to a
patient
Answer: Negligence
●● What is it called when materials are designed to resist the growth of
bacteria
Answer: Bacterial-static
●● what is it called when materials kill bacteria
Answer: bactericidal
EXAM SCRIPT UPDATED COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED
APLUS
●● what holistic medicine deals with the alignment of the spine
Answer: chiropractor
●● what field assists physicians both in exam rooms as well as the
reception desk
Answer: Medical Assistants
●● Why has home health care increased over the past decade
Answer: increasing numbers of older people are living longer with
chronic illnesses
●● what field of medicine has a broad range of knowledge serving a
large range of patients
Answer: general practitioner
●● what is it called when vital signs from home are transmitted to
doctors over the phone
Answer: telemedicine
,●● what is the basic legal right held by all U.S. citizens
Answer: Civil Rights
●● what are the basic legal rights held by all U.S. citizens through the
U.S. constitution
Answer: constitutional rights
●● What are the fundamental rights of all people regardless of
citizenship status
Answer: human rights
●● what law focuses on issues between private citizens, such as medical
malpractice
Answer: civil law
●● what is a law that are enacted by federal, state, and local legislatures
and enforced by the court system
Answer: statutory law
●● what laws are designed to encourage people to give emergency
medical care without fear of being sued
Answer: Good Samaritan Laws
, ●● what is it called when patients are given information about their care
and voluntarily consent to particular treatments or procedures
Answer: Informed Consent
●● What is it called when a patient is unconscious and is assumed that
they have given permission
Answer: implied consent
●● what is a set of guidelines that help determine right from wrong
Answer: Ethics
●● What is it called when a nurse forgets to give a dose of medicine to a
patient
Answer: Negligence
●● What is it called when materials are designed to resist the growth of
bacteria
Answer: Bacterial-static
●● what is it called when materials kill bacteria
Answer: bactericidal
