Chapter 7: Cultural and Ethnic Influences in Pharmacotherapeutics
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Cultural factors that must be taken into account when prescribing include(s):
A. Who is the decision maker in the family regarding health-care decisions
B. The patient’s view of health and illness
C. Attitudes regarding the use of drugs to treat illness
D. All of the above
____ 2. Ethnic differences have been found in drug:
A. Absorption
B. Hepatic metabolism
C. Filtration at the glomerulus
D. Passive tubular reabsorption
____ 3. The National Standards of Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) are required
to be implemented in all:
A. Hospitals
B. Clinics that serve the poor
C. Organizations that receive federal funds
D. Clinics that serve ethnic minorities
____ 4. According to the National Standards of Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS),
interpreters for health care:
A. May be a bilingual family member
B. May be a bilingual nurse or other health-care provider
C. Must be a professionally trained medical interpreter
D. Must be an employee of the organization
____ 5. According to the U.S. Office of Minority Health, poor health outcomes among African Americans
are attributed to:
A. The belief among African Americans that prayer is more powerful than drugs
B. Poor compliance on the part of the African-American patient
C. The genetic predisposition for illness found among African Americans
D. Discrimination, cultural barriers, and lack of access to health care
____ 6. The racial difference in drug pharmacokinetics seen in American Indian or Alaskan Natives are:
A. Increased CYP 2D6 activity, leading to rapid metabolism of some drugs
B. Largely unknown due to lack of studies of this population
C. Rapid metabolism of alcohol, leading to increased tolerance
D. Decreased elimination of opioids, leading to increased risk for addiction
____ 7. Pharmacokinetics among Asians are universal to all the Asian ethnic groups.
A. True
B. False
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Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Cultural factors that must be taken into account when prescribing include(s):
A. Who is the decision maker in the family regarding health-care decisions
B. The patient’s view of health and illness
C. Attitudes regarding the use of drugs to treat illness
D. All of the above
____ 2. Ethnic differences have been found in drug:
A. Absorption
B. Hepatic metabolism
C. Filtration at the glomerulus
D. Passive tubular reabsorption
____ 3. The National Standards of Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) are required
to be implemented in all:
A. Hospitals
B. Clinics that serve the poor
C. Organizations that receive federal funds
D. Clinics that serve ethnic minorities
____ 4. According to the National Standards of Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS),
interpreters for health care:
A. May be a bilingual family member
B. May be a bilingual nurse or other health-care provider
C. Must be a professionally trained medical interpreter
D. Must be an employee of the organization
____ 5. According to the U.S. Office of Minority Health, poor health outcomes among African Americans
are attributed to:
A. The belief among African Americans that prayer is more powerful than drugs
B. Poor compliance on the part of the African-American patient
C. The genetic predisposition for illness found among African Americans
D. Discrimination, cultural barriers, and lack of access to health care
____ 6. The racial difference in drug pharmacokinetics seen in American Indian or Alaskan Natives are:
A. Increased CYP 2D6 activity, leading to rapid metabolism of some drugs
B. Largely unknown due to lack of studies of this population
C. Rapid metabolism of alcohol, leading to increased tolerance
D. Decreased elimination of opioids, leading to increased risk for addiction
____ 7. Pharmacokinetics among Asians are universal to all the Asian ethnic groups.
A. True
B. False
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