Gov. Agency
Who assures the safety of food, cosmetics, meds, biological products & medical devices?
The food & drug administration (FDA)
What is a facility?
Places designed or built to serve a special function.
Who is the father of medicine?
Hippocrates
What kind of hospitals don't specialize in a specific type of medicin?
General Hospitals
What is a hygiene protocol specifically for men?
Be clean shaven
What do senior centers do?
Provide care for geriatric patients.
What is hydrotherapy?
Treatment that uses water therapy for disease or injury.
Was surgery performed with anesthesia before the 19th century?
What care do cancer patients need?
Hospice
What did Benjamin Franklin discover?
Biofolicals
What does WHO stand for?
World Health Organization.
What is geriatric?
Medical care for elderly people.
Who invented the stethoscope?
Renee Laennee
Who provides services to people with low-income?
Essential community providers
Who are allowed in monasteries?
Only men
What year was WHO founded?
1938
What are obstetrics?
The branch of medical science concerned w/ childbirth.
What would doctors use to prevent pain during surgery before the 19th century?
Herbs, hashish and alcohol
What does tele-health care do?
Provide services through telecommunications
Who was the first female physician in the U.S. ?
Elizabeth Blackwell
Who supports the veteran administration hospitals?
The federal government
What are endowments?
Gift of property or money given to a group or organization.
Who performed the first succesful heart transplant?
Christian Barnard?
What kind of care do you need if you need constant nursing care?
Nursing homes
Who discovered the element of oxygen?
John Priestly