chapter 9

Question 0

autopsy

Answer 0

a postmortem examination to determine the cause of death or to obtain physiological evidence, as in the case of a suspicious death

Question 1

vital statistics

Answer 1

numbers collected for the population of live births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages, divorces, induced terminations of pregnancy, and any change in civil status that occurs during an individual’s lifetime

Question 2

coroner

Answer 2

a public official who investigates and holds inquests over those who die from unknown or violent causes; he or she may or may not be a physician, depending on state law

Question 3

medical examiner

Answer 3

a physician who investigates suspicious or unexplained deaths

Question 4

forensics

Answer 4

a division of medicine that incorporates law and medicine and involves medical issues or medical proof at trials having to do with malpractice, crimes, and accidents

Question 5

federalism

Answer 5

the sharing of power among national, state, and local governments

Question 6

administer

Answer 6

to instill a drug into the body of a patient

Question 7

national childhood vaccine injury act

Answer 7

a federal law passed in 1986 that created a no- fault compensation program for citizens injured or killed by vaccines, as an alternative to suing vaccine manufactures and providers

Question 8

national vaccine injury compensation program (VICP)

Answer 8

a no- fault federal system of compensation for individuals or families of individuals injured by childhood vaccination

Question 9

smallpox emergency personnel protection act (SEPPA)

Answer 9

a no-fault program to provide benefits and/or compensation to certain individuals, including health care workers and emergency responders, who are injured as the result of the administration of smallpox countermeasures, including the smallpox vaccine

Question 10

child abuse prevention and treatment act

Answer 10

federal law passed in 1974 requiring physicians to report cases of child abuse

Question 11

amendments to the older americans act

Answer 11

a 1987 federal act that defines elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation but does not deal with enforcement

Question 12

unborn victims of violence act

Answer 12

also called laci and conner’s act, a 2004 federal law that provides for the prosecution of anyone who causes injury to or the death of a fetus in utero

Question 13

food and drug administration (FDA)

Answer 13

a federal agency within the department of health and human services that overseas drug quality and standardization and must approve drugs before they are released for public use

Question 14

drug enforcement administration (DEA)

Answer 14

a branch of the U.S. department of justice that regulates the sale and use of drugs

Question 15

controlled substances act

Answer 15

the federal law giving authority to the drug enforcement administration to regulate the sale and use of drugs

Question 16

prescribe

Answer 16

to issue a medical prescription for a patient

Question 17

dispense

Answer 17

to deliver controlled substances in some type of bottle, box, or other container o a patient