Consumer Choices
Community Health Services
Consumer Problems
Public Health Services
Chapter Misc.
100
May contain a misleading statement that may lead to selling of a product.
What is an advertisement?
100
Provides care for people who are terminally ill.
What is Hospice?
100
Deliberate deceit or trickery.
What is fraud?
100
Responsible for protecting the country's air, water and land.
What is EPA? (Environmental Protection Agency)
100
The government organization that recall a dangerous product from the market place.
What is the Consumer Product Safety Commission?
200
Using the internet to buy products and services.
What is online shopping?
200
Actions that prevent the onset of disease or injury.
What is preventive care?
200
Works to prevent false or deceptive advertising.
What is the FDA? (Federal Drug Administration)
200
Oversees more than 300 health-related programs.
What is Department of Health and Human Services?
200
A method of judging the benefits of different products by comparing several factors, such as quality, features, and cost.
What is comparison shopping.
300
A company's or store's written agreement to repair a product or refund your money should the product not function properly.
What is warranty?
300
All the medical care available to a nation's people, the way they receive care, and the method of payment.
What is health care system?
300
The sale of worthless products or services that claim to prevent diseases or cure other health problems.
What is health fraud?
300
Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
What is OSHA?
300
Provides emergency aid to victims of armed conflict, disease outbreaks, and natural disasters.
What is International Committee of the Red Cross or Red Cross?
400
Anyone who purchases or uses health products or services.
What is health consumer?
400
Medical doctors who provide physical checkups and general care.
What is a Primary Care Physician?
400
People or groups sole purpose is to take on regional, national, and even international consumer issues.
What is consumer advocates?
400
A community wide effort to monitor and promote the welfare of the population.
What is public health?
400
By weight in descending order with the ingredients in greatest amount listed first.
What is how are ingredients listed on a product label?
500
An important external factor that influences purchasing decisions.
What is media?
500
Private practices, clinics, group practices, hospitals, emergency rooms, urgent care centers.
What is facilities for health care services?
500
Failure by a health professional to meet accepted standards.
What is malpractice?
500
The scientific study of patterns of disease in a population.
What is epidemiology?
500
An internal factor that can influence your buying decisions.
What is personal taste or habit?
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