Quiz 1
Drug companies are typically non-profit agencies and do no benefit when academics publish articles about the effectiveness of their drugs
False
The poor have the highest rates of disease and disability of any socioeconomic group, demonstrating their greater biological deposition toward illness
False
Decline in deaths from infectious diseases in the second half of the nineteenth century was mainly due to
Improvements in diet, housing, and public sanitation
A disgruntled coworker infects a box of pastries with dysentery, causing several staff to become ill. This is an example of
bioterrorism
With the transition to a greater prevalence of chronic diseases, physicians have increasingly had to take which approach to medical care?
"Whole person" care
There are two types of bioterrorism
Covert and overt
The germ theory is a theory which asserts
Diseases are caused by a biological agent
The appearance of the West Nile Virus in NYC reflects
The role of globalization in the spread of infectious diseases
In which study were syphilis patients intentionally not treated and allowed to die?
Tuskegee
The first stage of epidemiological transition was characterized by ____ rates of _____
high; infectious rates