Lecture 1

Question 1

Constitutional monarchy

Answer 1

Head of State is a king/queen, elected parliament passes legislation, Prime Minister is the head of government

Question 2

Federation

Answer 2

Has a central “federal” government.

Question 3

Health

Answer 3

A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Question 4

System

Answer 4

A set of connected things or parts forming a complex whole.

Question 5

Tertiary prevention

Answer 5

Interventions after disease or injury occurs

Question 6

Secondary prevention

Answer 6

Intervention after a disease process has begun but before it is symptomatic.

Question 7

Primary prevention

Answer 7

Intervention before there is evidence of disease or injury

Question 8

Policy

Answer 8

A set of interrelated decisions taken by a political actor or group of actors concerning the selection of goals and the means of achieving them within a specified situation where these decisions should, in principle, be within the power of these actors to achieve.

Question 9

Health legislation

Answer 9

The body of rules that regulates the promotion and protection of health, health services, the equitable distribution of available resources and the legal position of all parties concerned, such as patients, health care providers, health care institutions and financing and monitoring bodies.