CHAPTER 1: Pharmacy & Health Care

Question 1

Who believed that demons were the cause of illness?

Answer 1

Sumerians

Question 2

Who were considered priest and sometimes considered gods or demigods in many cultures?

Answer 2

Physicians

Question 3

Who promoted the idea of diagnosing illness based on careful observation of the patient’s condition, not supernatural or other external elements?

Answer 3

Hippocrates

Question 4

to help and not to harm

Answer 4

Hippocrates Oath

Question 5

a cure-all

Answer 5

panacea

Question 6

the study of drugs and their properties, uses, applications, and effects

Answer 6

pharmacology

Question 7

known as aspirin

Answer 7

acetylsalicylic acid

Question 8

Several ancient cultures looked to the what for medicinal remedies?

Answer 8

Natural World

Question 9

the greatest Islamic physician was?

Answer 9

Avicenna

Question 10

the first reliable birth control drug

Answer 10

hormone progesterone

Question 11

OBRA

Answer 11

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act

Question 12

MMA

Answer 12

Medicare Modernization Act

Question 13

MTM

Answer 13

Medication Therapy Management

Question 14

independent and chain retail pharmacies

Answer 14

community pharmacies

Question 15

in-patient and out-patient pharmacies

Answer 15

hospital

Question 16

pharmacy business that provides drugs by mail to patients

Answer 16

mail order operations

Question 17

residence facilities that provide care on a long-term basis

Answer 17

long-term care

Question 18

care that is managed by an insurer

Answer 18

managed care

Question 19

care provided to patients in their home

Answer 19

home care

Question 20

specialized pharmacies that prepare compounded medications

Answer 20

compounding pharmacies

Question 21

generally pharmacology, but also refers to the drugs in use

Answer 21

materia medica

Question 22

of or about drugs; also, a drug product

Answer 22

pharmaceutics

Question 23

a substance that acts against a toxin in the body; also, a vaccine containing antitoxins, used to fight disease

Answer 23

antitoxin

Question 24

chemicals produced by the body that regulate body functions and processes

Answer 24

hormones

Question 25

the complete set of generic material contained in a human cell

Answer 25

human genome

Question 26

information that is entered into and stored in a computer system

Answer 26

data