Question 1

The profit motive has bred resentment among consumers and demands that the professional power of doctors be increased.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

About 18 percent of all U.S. hospitals are owned by profit-making organizations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What is a double agent?

Accepted Answer

A)  Physicians who look out for the interests of the patient and the interests of a managed care organization. 
B)  Insurance agents who seem to be offering a great financial package, but are actually creating more profits for insurance companies. 
C)  A physician who is also a patient. 
D)  A nurse who reports on the mistakes of a physician who he/she works for. 
E)  None of the above.

Question 4

____________ refers to health care organizations that control the cost of health care by monitoring how doctors treat specific illnesses, limit referrals to specialists, and require authorization prior to hospitalization, among other measures.

Accepted Answer

A)  Health savings companies. 
B)  Medicare and Medicaid. 
C)  Health insurance. 
D)  Managed care. 
E)  None of the above.

Question 5

Physicians are rarely judged by their patients. Typically, only health care professionals judge the performance of doctors.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

______________ are forced to spend time as "patient advocates," convincing various bureaucrats that more specialized and expensive care is warranted.

Accepted Answer

A)  Specialists. 
B)  Physicians' assistants. 
C)  Nurses. 
D)  Primary care physicians. 
E)  All of the above.

Question 7

Public dissatisfaction with the medical profession in the United States is generally viewed as having ______________ and ________________ origins.

Accepted Answer

A)  Educational; economic 
B)  Educational; social 
C)  Economic; social 
D)  Economic; ethnic. 
E)  None of the above.

Question 8

Public attitudes toward the medical profession have shifted away from the unquestioning acceptance of physician authority to a more critical view of doctors today.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The "golden age" of doctoring was marked by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Escalating prices and overcharging to a degree previously unknown. 
B)  Provider-structured insurance that paid for almost any mistakes. 
C)  A proliferation of unnecessary tests, hospitalizations, prescriptions, and surgical operations. 
D)  All of the above. 
E)  None of the above.

Question 10

Medicalization is a form of ______________ action.

Accepted Answer

A)  Socioeconomic. 
B)  Individual. 
C)  Collective. 
D)  Physician-driven. 
E)  None of the above.

Question 11

A major defect in the professional autonomy argument arises from the fact that the autonomy granted to the medical profession is granted _____________, on the assumption that it will resolve significant issues in favor of the public interest.

Accepted Answer

A)  Partially. 
B)  Completely. 
C)  Conditionally. 
D)  Unconditionally. 
E)  None of the above.

Question 12

The AMA was a major proponent supporting the creation of Medicare.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Rates for malpractice insurance have declined as states have set limits on the amount of money awarded in malpractice lawsuits and physicians have become more careful in dealing with patients.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Americans still have high regard for medicine as a social institution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 11: The Physician in a Changing Society

The profit motive has bred resentment among consumers and demands that the professional power of doctors be increased.

About 18 percent of all U.S. hospitals are owned by profit-making organizations.

What is a double agent?

____________ refers to health care organizations that control the cost of health care by monitoring how doctors treat specific illnesses, limit referrals to specialists, and require authorization prior to hospitalization, among other measures.

Physicians are rarely judged by their patients. Typically, only health care professionals judge the performance of doctors.

______________ are forced to spend time as "patient advocates," convincing various bureaucrats that more specialized and expensive care is warranted.

Public dissatisfaction with the medical profession in the United States is generally viewed as having and __ origins.

Public attitudes toward the medical profession have shifted away from the unquestioning acceptance of physician authority to a more critical view of doctors today.

The "golden age" of doctoring was marked by:

Medicalization is a form of ______________ action.

A major defect in the professional autonomy argument arises from the fact that the autonomy granted to the medical profession is granted _____________, on the assumption that it will resolve significant issues in favor of the public interest.

The AMA was a major proponent supporting the creation of Medicare.

Rates for malpractice insurance have declined as states have set limits on the amount of money awarded in malpractice lawsuits and physicians have become more careful in dealing with patients.

Americans still have high regard for medicine as a social institution.