Among the topics addressed by the Healthy People 2020 initiative is ____
a. a shift from preventive medicine to treatment strategies
b. a focus on a cure for cancer
c. a personal responsibility for healthy behavior
d. the need to shatter the myth that socioeconomic conditions are linked to health
e. a gradual extension of health benefits
c
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a. saline laxative b. chloride channel activator c. osmotic laxative d. stimulant laxative
When a physician administers medication to relieve severe pain in a terminally ill patient, and the medication also hastens the patient's death, the situation is called
A. physician-assisted suicide. B. passive euthanasia. C. double effect. D. active euthanasia.
A transient ischemic attack is:
A) a "mini" heart attack. B) a brief spell, similar to a stroke. C) an episode of shortness of breath. D) a condition just before a myocardial infarction.
A patient is receiving adjuvant therapy in treating the disease. The term adjuvant means that the patient
A. will receive a new therapy in place of the originally planned therapy B. will receive the new therapy to maintain remission of the disease C. is receiving additional treatment to decrease the side effects of the primary treatment D. is receiving additional treatment to increase the effectiveness of the primary treatment E. is receiving experimental treatment