WorksheetsCH 1 Vocabulary-Principals of HS
Total questions: 2
Worksheet time: 3mins
Match the following terms
Passed into law in 2010 for a major regulatory overhaul of US healthcare
Affordable Care Act
A promise of professional behavior made by physicians beginning their careers; promising ethical and honest practice of the medical profession
Hippocratic Oath
Loss of feeling with or without the loss of consciousness
Anesthesia
An emblem of medicine in the United States
Caduceus
An incurable metabolic disease that results in an increased level of glucose, or sugar, in the blood
Diabetes
Match the following terms
Diseases that affect many people and spread rapidly by infecting a certain area or population
Epidemics
Managed care organizations that provide prepaid, comprehensive healthcare at a flat rate and for a fixed period of time through a network of participating healthcare professionals and hospitals; policyholders select a primary care physician (PCP) and referrals from the PCP must be obtained to see a specialist
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
a type of care designed to relieve pain and reduce suffering in terminally ill patients
Hospice
Drugs that slow the growth of, or destroy bacteria; used to treat infections
Antibiotics
