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Actual Midterm Review Flashcards

1
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T/F: Native Americans are the only indigenous group to the US?

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True

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T/F: Hispanic is an ethnicity rather than a race

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True

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____ are now the second largest emerging majority group int he US

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African Americans

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T/F: Cancer rates are lower among Black women when compared with White women

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False; higher among black women

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By treaty rights, ____ own their own lands

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Native Americans

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____ describes an inevitable change taking place in American society based on the prediction that by the years 2042-2050, in certain areas in the US, the majority pop. will be Hispanic & Black ppl and other non-majoirty groups.

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Emerging majority

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T/F: As a consequence of beliefs, ppl from different cultures may have different treatment-seeking behaviors

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True

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The main racial and ethnic groups, as determined by the ____, are designated by category for federal stats and admin reporting

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Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

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T/F: If supermarkets build in low-income neighborhoods, but the ppl in those neighborhoods can’t afford the food, the outcome is a food desert.

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False???

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Lack of sufficient healthcare for some in the US has led to…

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Poor health and health inequality

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Food injustice is a result of which of the following factors?

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Politics, education, and culture

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T/F: Generally speaking, health disparity refers to equal status in health among varying racial and ethnic groups

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False

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T/F: The White population, which is currently the majority population, has a higher health status than members of the African American/Black population

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True

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Which fo the following studies involved the manipulation of Black men into believing that they were receiving treatment for syphilis

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The Tuskegee Syphilis Study

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T/F: Genetics has no substantial basis as the sole explanation of health disparities

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True

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___ are descendants of slaves, and may have inherited the dietary preferences of slaves that have been passed from one generation to the next (soul foods)

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African Americans

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17
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T/F: Many undocumented immigrants will have poorer health because they will seek care in emergency rooms or not seek care at all

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True

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T/F: IQ testing, initially used to determine intellectual capabilities and identify those who were “intellectually inferior” and “feeble-minded,” provided the science that has been used to formulate and justify current test-based practices and policies

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True

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T/F: One’s health status has little impact on their engagement within the education system and vice versa

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False

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____ was the landmark case in which racially segregated schools were declared unconstitutional on the basis that “separate was not equal”

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Brown vs. Board of Education

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21
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A cultural incongruence is

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A person who has a difference in the cultural frame of references or the daily realities of every day lives of the ppl they work with

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T/F: Geographic location and socioeconomic status are 2 primary factors and predictors of one’s access to and engagement with both the healthcare and education systems

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True

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T/F: Health insurance is a critical factor in terms of health status

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true

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24
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T/F: More white ppl are insured than ppl from emerging majorities

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True

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25
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Which of the following best provides an indication of the health status of mothers and children?

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Infant mortality rate

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T/F: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a federal statute that was signed into US law by Obama

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True

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The ___ refers to the idea that, in lower SES communities, individuals may not have computers

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Digital Divide

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____ is where individuals can go to review coverage options and ultimately choose a health insurance plan from competitive providers

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The Health Insurance Exchange Market

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T/F: Eligibility guidelines for Medicaid are set by states and are income based, designed primarily for the rich

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False

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30
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Which of the following locations has universal healthcare, which is paid for by income taxes and sales tax?

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Canada

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31
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T/F: Respect, obedience, and caring for parents are all key aspects of a concept knowns as filial piety

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True

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32
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T/F: Abuse of the elderly is not pervasive

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False

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33
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T/F: Nursing homes rarely have skilled nurses

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False

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34
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The belief that once an individual lives beyond the life expectancy of their nation, or what may be considered a normal lifespan, healthcare entitlement should be reduced, is an example of:

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Ageism

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T/F: Elderly ppl in emerging majority groups have exceedingly worse problems than their White counterparts

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True

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36
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T/F: The elderly suffer disproportionately from chronic illnesses

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True

37
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T/F: Geographic isolation is a risk factor that contributes to poor health conditions for people living in rural environments

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True

38
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T/F: Illness/disease is generally worse in urban communities as compared to rural communities

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False

39
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One of the risky behaviors that individuals in rural communities participate in that may impact their health is

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Heavy alcohol consumption

40
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T/F: The population makeup of ppl in rural communities is the same as urban communities

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False

41
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The ___ for members of the rural community is generally lower than urban communities across all racial, ethnic, and gender categories

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Life expectancy

42
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T/F: Federally Qualified Health Centers receive funding from the Health Resources Services Admin

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True

43
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Migrant and seasonal agricultural workers have an ____ that is approx. twice the national average

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infant mortality rate

44
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T/F: The white majority tends to have poorer health, higher moratlity and morbidity rates, and less access to quality health services

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False

45
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T/F: There is much controversy regarding the meaning of health disparities

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True

46
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The ___ report, Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care, provided insight regarding healthcare inequities

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IOM’s

47
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T/F: Health disparities have a variety of contributing factors or determinants

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True

48
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The ___ expands funding for community health centers

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ACA

49
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Recent analyses of health conditions in ___ have revealed that Black ppl far worse than whites or hispanics on a variety of indicators

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Chicago

50
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T/F: Cultural norms, which may vary by income, don’t play a role in behavioral choices like smoking and diet

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False

51
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___ is a core element of pop health that focuses on health determinants, prevention, and public health policy

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Public health

52
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T/F: Compared to their peers in earlier generations, the health status of American’s in nearly 80 mil children has declined

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False

53
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T/F: During the first decade of the 19th cen, there was a shift from infectious disease to unintentional injuries and homicide as the first and second leading causes of death

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False

54
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T/F: The association between tooth decay and SSE has not been well documented

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False

55
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Childhood obesity is defined as a body mass index greater than ___

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30 km/g^2

56
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Asthma is most common among ___ children, who suffer higher morbidity and mortality as compared to their white counterparts

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African American

57
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T/F: Key factors that must be taken into consideration regarding the health status of women include race/ethnicity and SSE

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true

58
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T/F: in exploring race in terms of women’s health, cultural norms are significant

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true

59
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T/F: for women who live in low income communities, there is an increased risk of poor health outcomes

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true

60
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to help insure that women experience healthy birth outcomes, the ___ recommends certain protocols for pregnant women

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CDC

61
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this type of racism refers to the institutional rules, regulation, policies, or government and/or corporate decisions that deliberately target certain communities for locally undesirable land uses and lax enforcement of zoning and ENVIRONMENTAL laws, resulting in communities being disproportionately exposed to toxic and hazardous waste based upon race.

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Environmental Racism

62
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if there is a situation where several groups of the non-dominant society ppl, who might have otherwise been excluded, are included and made to feel welcome, this is an example of…

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inclusivity

63
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no person in the US of race, color, or origin shall be excluded or subject to discrimination

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civil rights

64
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Social stereotypes about certain groups that we form outside of our own conscious awareness

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unconscious bias

65
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racism due to low income or minority communities living in prox. of hazardous environments

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environmental racism

66
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T/F: diversity and inclusivity can be used interchangebly

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false

67
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T/F: genetics is the largest reason ppl have illnesses and we see the large disparities in several racial groups

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False

68
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health disparities are

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social differences, environmental differences, and economical differences

69
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race, gender, sexual identity, age, SES, location are all known as

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health disparities and social determinants of health

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Social determinants of health may be but aren’t limited to

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public safety, access to healthcare, one’s own culture, access to daily needs

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A food desert is

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when no healthy food is available and when ppl in neighborhoods cannot afford the food

72
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T/F: ethnicity is cultural groups sense of identification associated with common social/cultural heritage

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true

73
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A notion that all ppl are the same in that group/race/culture

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stereotype

74
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ppl have different strengths/ideas they bring to the table with a variety of culture and belief

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diversity

75
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Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or ppl on basis of the racial group

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racism

76
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inclusion of everyone, no matter what race, ethnicity, disability, SES, etc.

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inclusivity

77
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the highest insured racial group is

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white

78
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T/F: healing and cure are the same thing

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false

79
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culturally appropriate health care is

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background knowledge of pt and skills to give the best care

80
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term used to describe an inevitable change taking place in US based that other groups will outnumber white society

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emerging majority

81
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T/F: research shows that lack of diversity in healthcare effectively limits access to quality healthcare by minorities

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true

82
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T/F: medicare is a program that was specifically designed to help the poor, but we see illegal immigrants using it

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false

83
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T/F: sensitive topics, such as what one gets paid should never be talked about

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false

84
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human rights have

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continued to be violated by ppl of power in US

85
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T/F: you can use diversity and inclusivity interchangeably

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false

86
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T/F: the term ‘white privlege’ doesn’t really exist

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false

87
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the only ppl born with the right to healthcare are

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native americans

88
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T/F: as long as the pt can’t hear you, it is okay to call them by their illness or things that annoy you about them

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false

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