Health Flashcards
They are reliable sources because the information they will give is true and who will not let us buy products that may harm us
friends, neighbors, relatives
Educational, media such as, print materials
Reliable information
*Costums and superstitions
*Information based on ignorance and prejudice
*commercialized
Unreliable information
These refers to substances, materials or equipment
Health Products
These refers to health information, actions, procedures or work performed and wants as a consumer
Health Services
Everything you can find in department store
Consumer Products
A form of a health fraud, is any advertisement, promotion, or sale of products and even services that have not been scientifically proven effective
Quackery
3 Forms of Quackery
1.) Medical Quackery
2.) Nutrition Quackery
3.) Device Quackery
Includes cures and treatments
Medical Quackery
Involves information
Nutrition Quackery
Deliberate misrepresentation of the ability of a substance, a device, or a person to prevent or treat disease
Device Quackery
It refers to the decisions you make about the product that we purchase
Consumer Health
Refers to the data and facts about health products and services you can get from media and people
Health Information
Fraud; testimonials, “special formula”
Quackery
Licensed to practice medicine
Health Professional
For heart
Cardiologist
For kids
Pediatrician
For Senior Citizens
Geriatrician
For eyes; can perform eye surgery
Opthalmologist
Focuses on vision
Optometris
Focuses on lungs
Pulmonologist