MED 300 Final Exam Questions With
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The United States consistently lags behind other developed nations in life
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expectancy and other population health measures - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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Individual behavior contributes to overal health: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Four
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times as much as the delivery of healthcare
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Which of the following have a number of behavioral risk factors: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-- Heart disease | |
- Cancer
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- Stroke
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- All****
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Spending more on healthcare translates into greater longevity - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-False
Smoking tobacco is the most avoidable cause of disease disability and death in
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the United States - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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Only one of the following statements is true. Which one?
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, - Children are an especially vulnerable population to chronic diseases if
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overweight or obese early in life | | | | |
- The good news is that the obesity epidemic is slowing
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- Eating out less would solve a lot of problems with chronic diseases
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- It is just as likely that "regular" weight children will grow up to have the same
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incidence of chronis diseases as obese children chronic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--
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Children are an especially vulnerable population to chronic diseases if overweight
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|or obese early in life
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Those with poor access to recreational facilities have what change of being
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obese? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Over 65% | | | |
The belief that physical activity supports a healthier and longer life: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Goes back at least as far as the ancient Greeks | | | | | | | | |
Gawande asserts that putting our fates in the hands of health professionals
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valued more for their technical prowess than their understanding of human
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needs is a failed experiment because: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-It does not
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support the conditions that promote our search for a life of worth and purpose
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In Gawande, multiple studies of patients entering hospice and ceasing medical
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care show that those patients: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Live as long and
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sometimes longer than those still under medical care | | | | | | |
According to the authors what is a driving force behind health care practitioners'
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transition from being soloists to members of an orchestra? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-The complexity of modern healthcare | | | |
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The United States consistently lags behind other developed nations in life
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expectancy and other population health measures - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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Individual behavior contributes to overal health: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Four
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times as much as the delivery of healthcare
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Which of the following have a number of behavioral risk factors: - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-- Heart disease | |
- Cancer
|
- Stroke
|
- All****
|
Spending more on healthcare translates into greater longevity - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-False
Smoking tobacco is the most avoidable cause of disease disability and death in
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
the United States - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
| | | | |
Only one of the following statements is true. Which one?
| | | | | | | | |
, - Children are an especially vulnerable population to chronic diseases if
| | | | | | | | | | |
overweight or obese early in life | | | | |
- The good news is that the obesity epidemic is slowing
| | | | | | | | | |
- Eating out less would solve a lot of problems with chronic diseases
| | | | | | | | | | | |
- It is just as likely that "regular" weight children will grow up to have the same
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
incidence of chronis diseases as obese children chronic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--
| | | | | | | | | | |
Children are an especially vulnerable population to chronic diseases if overweight
| | | | | | | | | |
|or obese early in life
| | | |
Those with poor access to recreational facilities have what change of being
| | | | | | | | | | | |
obese? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Over 65% | | | |
The belief that physical activity supports a healthier and longer life: - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Goes back at least as far as the ancient Greeks | | | | | | | | |
Gawande asserts that putting our fates in the hands of health professionals
| | | | | | | | | | | |
valued more for their technical prowess than their understanding of human
| | | | | | | | | | |
needs is a failed experiment because: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-It does not
| | | | | | | | | | |
support the conditions that promote our search for a life of worth and purpose
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
In Gawande, multiple studies of patients entering hospice and ceasing medical
| | | | | | | | | | |
care show that those patients: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Live as long and
| | | | | | | | | | |
sometimes longer than those still under medical care | | | | | | |
According to the authors what is a driving force behind health care practitioners'
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
transition from being soloists to members of an orchestra? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-The complexity of modern healthcare | | | |
