Medical Anthropology
Famous Figures
Body Systems
Medical Milestones
Public Health in Action
200

A GROUP’S BELIEFS, VALUES, PRACTICES, AND TRADITIONS OF BEHAVIOR

CULTURE

200

FATHER OF MODERN MEDICINE AND HIS NAME BEARS THE OATH OF STANDARD CARE

HIPPOCRATES

200

THE HUMAN BODY CONTAINS THIS AMOUNT OF INDIVIDUAL RIBS.

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200

FRANCIS CRICK, MAURICE WILKINGS, AND THIS PERSON DISCOVERED THE STRUCTURE OF DNA

JAMES WATSON

200

GROUP OF CRITICISMS OF PFIZER, J+J, AND ELI LILLY FOR ACTS OF DRUG SECRECY AND CORRUPTION

BIG PHARMA

400

MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGISTS USE THIS TERM TO REFER TO THE PROCESS OF WORRISOME BEHAVIORAL AND BIOLOGICAL SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS

SICKNESS

400

INVENTED BIFOCAL GLASSES

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

400

THE LARGEST LYMPHATIC ORGAN

SPLEEN

400

FRANCIS CRICK, MAURICE WILKINGS, AND THIS PERSON DISCOVERED THE STRUCTURE OF DNA

RENAISSANCE

400

THIS TERM DESCRIBES A DOCTOR’S BELIEF THAT THEY ALWAYS KNOW WHAT’S BEST

PATERNALISM

600

UNDERSTANDING CUSTOMS WITHIN THEIR SOCIETAL CONTEXT

CULTURAL RELATIVISM

600

THE FIRST FEMALE PHYSICIAN IN AMERICA

ELIZABETH BLACKWELL

600

THE AVERAGE LIFESPAN OF THIS CELL IS 120 DAYS

RBC (RED BLOOD CELL) OR ERYTHROCYTES

600

FORMALLY KNOWN AS THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, THIS LAW WAS SIGNED IN...

2010

600

PROVIDES THE LARGEST FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR NURSING HOMES AND HOSPICE

MEDICAID

800

THE W.H.O. DEFINES THIS TERM AS COMPLETE WELL-BEING BEYOND JUST ABSENCE OF DISEASE

HEALTH

800

THIS WOMAN DISCOVERED THE ELEMENT OF RADIUM

MARIE CURIE

800

FOUND WITHIN COMPACT BONE, “HAVERSIAN SYSTEMS” IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THIS

OSTEONS

800

MANDATORY MEDICAL EDUCATION FOR CAREER HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO MAINTAIN LICENSURE

CME/CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

800

THE TUSKEGEE SYPHILIS STUDY INSPIRED THIS TERM TO DESCRIBE SKEPTICISM AND LACK OF CONFIDENCE OF HEALTHCARE

MEDICAL MISTRUST

1000

A MEDICAL SYSTEM FOCUSED ON BIOLOGICAL CAUSES AND SCIENTIFIC AUTHORITY

BIOMEDICINE

1000

THIS MAN COINED THE TERM "ANTIBIOTIC"

SELMAN WAKSMAN

1000

THESE TWO VALVES ARE AUSCULTATED WITHIN THE 2ND INTERCOSTAL

AORTIC AND PULMONARY

1000

THEY ESTABLISHED THE AMERICAN RED CROSS

CLARA BARTON

1000

BENEFICENCE, NON-MALEFICENCE, AUTONOMY AND THIS TERM ARE THE 4 TENETS OF MEDICINE

JUSTICE

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