SOW Chapter 12

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 requires virtually all Americans to purchase health insurance or pay a fine.

True

According to ProQuest (2014), the life expectancy for White males is approximately _____ years greater than that for African American males.

5

_____ involve written, witnessed, signed instructions regarding what individuals wish to have done in the event that they are unable to make decisions.

Advance directives

Which of the following statements is true of the health-care system in the United States?

Americans pay 50 percent more for their prescription drugs than people pay for them in other developed nations.

_____ T-cells are a specific type of T-cells that are vulnerable to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

CD4

One of the many functions of social workers include helping patients understand and interpret technical medical jargon.

True

"Cocktail drugs" have been found to cure HIV/AIDS.

False

A special kind of virus that invades normal cells and causes them to reproduce more of the virus rather than reproduce themselves like other normal cells is called a rhinovirus.

False

According to Coleman and Kerbo (2009), people receiving Medicaid were twice as likely to get the surgery they needed as people with private insurance.

False

According to Kaiser Family Foundation (2014b), almost half (48%) of all the people who die from HIV/AIDS in the United States are Latinos.

False

As educators, social workers may help link clients to needed resources and services.

False

Condoms manufactured by foreigners come to Africa already infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

False

Fatalism involves a person's right to receive adequate information about the consequences and risks of a medical procedure or treatment process, evaluate alternatives, and give permission for a procedure before it's begun.

False

In the context of U.S. health-care provision, Asian and Pacific Islander (API) values center on the individual decision- making process.

False

It has been found that casual contact with HIV-infected persons is highly dangerous and results in the transmission of the deadly disease.

False

Research has found that Asians are more comfortable with greater physical contact and smaller interpersonal distances.

False

The most common human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test is the RNS test, which detects antibodies in the body.

False

Till date, only two industrialized countries have established a national health insurance plan.

False

Which of the following statements is true of the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)?

HIV can be transmitted through anal or vaginal intercourse with an infected partner.

_____ is the combination of three or more human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) drugs, often referred to as cocktail drugs.

Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)

_____ are conditions and infections that themselves are usually not life threatening but that take advantage of a weakened immune system and invade it.

Opportunistic diseases

_____ detect the virus directly and thus can detect human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) at about 10 days after infection—as soon as it appears in the bloodstream, before antibodies develop.

RNA tests

The _____ is often referred to as Obamacare.

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Public health initiatives include encouraging lifestyles that contribute to good health, conducting research about factors affecting health such as diseases and injuries, and identifying and managing infectious diseases.

True

Which of the following is an immunoassay used for screening the AIDS virus that generates results in 30 minutes or less?

Rapid test

In the context of addressing the problem of HIV/AIDS, _____ has developed educational programming in addition to having cut taxes on condoms and gotten religious leaders to participate in AIDS education.

Senegal

_____ fight off diseases invading the body.

T-cells

Social workers and the National Association of Social Workers have historically served as significant forces in advocating for improved health-care legislation, policies, and resources.

True

According to Kaiser Family Foundation (2015), worldwide there are 36.9 million people who were HIV positive in 2014.

True

For Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, there is stigma about and shame in experiencing mental and emotional distress.

True

Given the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) cultural orientation toward cooperation, patients may feel obligated to sign consent papers presented to them when they really don't want to.

True

In many Asian and Pacific Islander (API) cultures, talking about death is considered "polluting" or will cause bad luck.

True

A useful concept in working with people with AIDS who are facing their own death is the idea of making them "the star of their own death."

True

In the context of health-care practice, if a social worker is involved in _____ care, he or she helps a client recover from an illness.

restorative

One of the ethical issues concerning managed care involves the potential conflict between the gatekeeping role of some managed care organizations and _____.

client self-determination

The term _____ refers to the expression of respect for and showing affection toward parents, as well as sacrificing for them in times of need.

filial piety

Organizations that provide a wide range of health-care services for participants and employers who typically pay an established monthly fee for services are called _____.

health maintenance organizations (HMOs)

According to ProQuest (2014), in 2011, _____ percent of Americans, including people at all income levels, lacked any health insurance.

more than 15

According to Weiner (2001), during the 1990s, simply breathing the air in Mexico City during one day was the equivalent of _____.

smoking two packs of cigarettes

In the context of health-care practice, a social worker involved in _____ care helps in the treatment of illness that is seriously endangering a client's health.

tertiary

The health-care environment in the United States historically has been weighed down by the following problems except:

the competition from health-care providers.