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MHA 707 EXAM D STUDY GUIDE WITH
CORRECT QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS(RATED A+)
Question :Opening of 20th Century
Correct answer:· Drs were solo practitioners
· Hospitals were single, independent entities, mostly non- profit
· Long-term care for the elderly was largely home-based
· Pharmaceuticals & medical device manufacturing was a small business
· Healthcare was a minor part of economy
Question :Founding of American Medical Association
(AMA)
Correct answer:1847
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Question :American Medical Association (AMA)
Correct answer:· Established standards for preliminary
medical education for the degree of MD
· Code of Medical Ethics
· Recommended use of anesthetic agents for surgery/obstetrics
· Noted dangers of secret remedies (snake oil) & patent medicines
· Recommended state govs register births, marriages, & deaths
Question :Advances making practice of med more
successful in treating health problems
Correct answer:· Improvements in surgery made during
Civil War (toilets downstream from Army's campsite)
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· Application to medicine advances in bacteriology by scientists such as Louis Pasteur (ability to control infections - leading cause of death at the time)
Question :Demand for therapeutics fueled by Civil War
Correct answer:· Provided start for some of largest names
in modern pharma industry: Wyeth, Pfizer, Squibb
Question :Found of U.S. Nursing Corps (professional
nursing)
Correct answer:1861 (19th century)
Question :Development of Ambulance Corps during Civil
War
Correct answer:· Created ambulance-to-ER system we
know today
· Estab. Hierarchy of tx stations to type of hospital facilities
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Question :Association of Hospital Superintendents
became
Correct answer:· American Hospital Association (AHA)
Question :Founding of Association of Hospital
Superintendents
Correct answer:1899
Question :Adoption of the Bertillon or International List
of Causes of Death
Correct answer:1900
Question :Bertillon or International List of Causes of
Death
Correct answer:· Predecessor of International
Classification of Diseases (ICD)
· Brought some standards & criteria in the study of diseases