Health Law – Chapter 1 (Feb 1) – Flashcards
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The first physician most likely to have used castor oil and peppermint as drugs were
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Egyptian
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As early as 1134 BC, ancient ruins of ___________ demonstrated evidence that patients were being treated holistically
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Greek Temples
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The writings of Hippocrates were preserved by
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Monks
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_______ made many improvements to the first microscope, even though he didn't invent it
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Van Leeuwenhoek
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_______ is referred to as the first hospital administrator
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Florence Nightingale
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The first incorporated hospital in the US was founded in ___________
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Philadelphia
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The discovery of vitamins A and B which played an important role in the advancement of medicine of the 20th century is credited to
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McCollum
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The inventor of the electrocardiograph is credited to
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Einthoven
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With the goal of providing the best professional, scientific, and humanitarian care possible, the focus of efforts in hospital standardization was the
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patient
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Hospitals first appeared as aesculapia, named after a god of medicine in
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Greece
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_____ produces expirimental rickets
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Finlay
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The use of anesthesia was first publically demonstrated at ____ in 1846
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Massachusetts General Hospital
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The ____ passed by congress and signed by Obama on March 23, 2010 is designed to ensure that more Americans receive healthcare benefits
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care act
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The American College of Surgeons was founded in 1913 under the leadership of
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Franklin H. Martin
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The first American nursing school was established in 1872 at
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Bringham Women's Hospital
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An institution that is representative of the better hospitals during the Middle Ages was
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Hotel-Dieu in Paris
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The first psychiatric hospital founded in the New World was located in
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Willamsburg, VA
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At the beginning of the 21st century approximately ____ Americans did not have health insurance
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49 million
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Reform in medical education began early in the century and was almost wholly a result of the efforts of the _____ which was established in 1905 by the AMA
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Council on medical Education and Hospitals
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The hospital standardization program that began in 1918 is today known as the ____
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American College of Surgeons
