Exam 12: Understanding the Complexities of Health Care and Medical Professions

Homeopathy is based on the "law of similars."

Which of the following are common courses taken during the first two years of medical school?

A clinical psychologist holds a Ph.D. or Psy.D. in clinical psychology and provides psycho-socio-behavioral therapies to help people adjust to or overcome emotional problems or mental illnesses.

A patient who is treated by a specialist for a health problem is receiving ______ care.

What is the name for a health care professional licensed to practice medicine with a physician's supervision?

A podiatrist is to the ears what a dentist is to the mouth.

How many years of training beyond medical school do physicians typically receive?

Complex illnesses are treated and managed by medical teams led by physicians and containing a mix of allied health care professionals, depending on the patient's particular medical condition. There are more than ______ recognized allied health professions.

Most academic medical centers in the United States prohibit the use of integrative medicine.

What kind of health care does a family practice physician usually provide?

Both optometrists and ophthalmologists can perform surgery.

An optometrist typically has an education of ______ years after his or her undergraduate degree.

Dental school is typically six academic years.

Acupuncture has been most thoroughly studied as a potential treatment for two conditions: low back pain and nausea/vomiting.

The two groups of energy therapies include ______ energy therapies that use electromagnetic forces to treat patients, and putative energy therapies based on theorized energy or life forces emanating from the body.

The main distinction between medical doctors and osteopaths is that osteopathic medicine places special emphasis on the body's ______ system, preventive medicine, and holistic care.

Meditation is one of the newest and most widely practiced mind-body therapies.

Doctors specializing in internal medicine (internists) focus on the primary care of adults, particularly the diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of diseases of the internal organs.

For how many years has traditional Chinese medicine been practiced in China?

Which approach to medicine involves the diagnosis and treatment of illness within a biomedical framework using highly trained specialists and advanced technology?