Consumer Choices
Community Health Services
Consumer Problems
Public Health Services
Vocabulary Terms
100
True or False The hidden message in the bandwagon advertising technique is "everyone is using it - you should too".
What is true?
100
True or False When you see a doctor, you should always tell the doctor if you have any allergies and/or any medication you are taking.
What is true?
100
True or False The right to safety is not a consumer right.
What is false?
100
True or False The National Cancer Institute is responsible for protecting the country’s air, water, and land.
What is false?
100
Deliberate deceit or trickery is ___________.
What is fraud?
200
This is an example of an external factor that influences customers.
What is Cost, Media, or Friends' opinions?
200
The health care facility would you need if you were in a car accident.
What is emergency room?
200
A cream that promises to cure warts overnight is an example of __________.
What is health fraud?
200
This is the scientific study of disease in a population.
What is epidemiology?
200
When a health care professional fails to meet accepted medical standards, he or she is guilty of ______________.
What is malpractice?
300
Before you purchase a product, expecially one that is costly, you should ask about the ______________.
What is warranty?
300
Information that is NOT included in your medical history.
What is your insurance plan?
300
This is the group you would write to if your doctor made your health condition worse.
What is American Medical Association (AMA)?
300
This government agency is concerned about workers' health.
What is Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)?
300
______________ is a plan in which private companies or government programs pay for part or all of a person’s medical costs.
What is health insurance?
400
This is one consumer right.
What is safety, to choose, to be informed, to be heard, to have problems corrected, or to consumer education?
400
This type of managed care has patients pay a monthly premium but few or no out-of-pocket expenses.
What is a HMO?
400
These groups expose fraud and teach consumers about their rights and responsibilities.
What is consumer advocates?
400
This agency ensure the safety of food, drugs, and cosmetics.
What is the FDA (Food and Drug Administration)?
400
Actions that prevent the onset of disease or injury are known as ______________.
What is preventative care?
500
How are ingredients listed on a product label?
What is by weight in decending order (most to least)?
500
This care is provided for people who are terminally ill.
What is hospice?
500
This group deals with complaints against local businesses.
What is the Better Business Bureau?
500
Running in a race that benefits cancer victims is a way you can _________ for public health.
What is advocate?
500
The __________ includes all the medical care available to a nation’s people, they way they receive care, and the method of payment.
What is the health care system?
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