Exam 5: Science-Based Health Care

The HIPAA Privacy Rule provides patients access to their medical records.

Complete annual health examinations for symptom-free individuals are cost-effective in terms of physician time and money.

Medical treatment decisions rarely involve ethical or moral questions.

Iatrogenic illness is best described as

Frequent administration of vitamin, hormone, or antibiotic injections is a sign that a physician may be incompetent.

According to critics of unnecessary surgery, which of the following has often been performed unnecessarily?

Podiatrists provide treatment for the feet.

The AMA requires hospitals to have several active committees of physicians to assess the quality of care at the hospital.

The CT scan is an unreliable and dangerous diagnostic x-ray procedure.

Lasers are commonly used to treat all the following except

Which of the following is not a recognized nursing category?

Doctors who own testing facilities order tests at the same rates other doctors do.

Licensing as a medical doctor requires all the following except

The procedures used to help impaired physicians include all the following except

Iatrogenic illness refers to adverse effects caused by medical diagnostic or treatment procedures.

The characteristics of a good physician include all the following except

Few surgical procedures are suitable for the outpatient setting.

The least effective action to take in selecting a personal physician is to

A diplomate is a board-eligible physician.

In an emergency, one's physician should be called before proceeding to a hospital.