Chapter 14 Full-Length Practice Exam

The most popular medical procedures include, but are not limited to cosmetic surgery, orthopedics, and reproductive services.

Discuss out loud to yourself sick-role and doctor-patient interactions. Rate yourself on how well you know the material.

Which of the following contribute to the social construction of illness?

Discuss out loud to yourself the differences in healthcare systems across the globe. Rate yourself on how well you know the material.

Which of the following is an example of taking advantage of the sick role?

Discuss out loud to yourself quality healthcare and its four measurable outcomes. Rate yourself on how well you know the material.

Which of the following provides health insurance to the largest percentage of Americans?

Discuss out loud to yourself the controversy surrounding the decision of whether or not to vaccinate children. Rate yourself on how well you know the material.

Which of the following countries is ranked the highest in the compiled categories of quality care, access, efficiency, equity, and healthy lives.

Discuss out loud to yourself the controversy surrounding physician-assisted suicide. Rate yourself on how well you know the material.

_______ is/are increasingly being used by doctors and hospitals to coordinate patient care.

Overcoming language barriers, better meals, and cable television are all examples of ______?

Every country and all individuals agree the universal definition of health is “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (World Health Organization).

All of the following choices is a reason parents choose not to vaccinate their children EXCEPT:

Medicalization is the multi-billion-dollar enterprise consisting of doctors, hospitals, nursing homes, insurance companies, drug manufacturers, and hospital supply and equipment companies.

Which of the following fits the demographic profile of parents who are less likely to vaccinate their children?

Hispanics have a higher life expectancy than Whites in the U.S.

Brittany Maynard is notable in the chapter for which of the following reasons?

Countries with socialized medicine models have extraordinarily long wait times for doctor appointments and offer rationed services.

Low cost, high quality, and beautiful destinations are all hallmarks of _____.

The high cost of American healthcare results in citizens having a quality of care that is far above other nations in the world.

_______ is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the U.S.

Studies indicate that Americans pay less for healthcare than any other country in the world.

_________ is a system in which medical and hospital care is funded for all citizens by the government.

Parents’ decision not to vaccinate their children is a private decision that only impacts the family unit.

The implementation of the _________ has resulted in a decrease in the number of uninsured Americans.

Mental illness is defined by abnormal thoughts, behaviors, emotions, or actions that are a threat to the individual or society.

Having an immunization rate of 94 percent reduces the likelihood of measles spreading throughout the population because it creates __________.

With the ever-increasing use of technology, the healthcare community has done an exemplary job of securing the medical records of patients.

Jack Kevorkian, aka Dr. _______, was a vocal proponent of physician-assisted suicide who designed a suicide machine and helped at least 130 individuals end their lives in the 1990s.