Chapter 1 Multiple Choice Questions

. Which of the following best fits the concept of a disease but not that of an illness?

Meg has a serious reaction to a bee sting, is having difficulties breathing, feels lightheaded and will be taken to hospital

Carlos feels well however, has tested positive for Hepatitis B, as part of an employee health screen, but has not received he results as yet

Brian had two knee replacements last year

Mary is feeling excessively tired

. One definition discussed in the chapter is the negative definition of health. Who is deemed to be healthy according to this definition in the following examples?

Brian has been tested for a sexually transmitted illness but does not know his results yet

Claire had a mastectomy due to cancer however, is in remission

John is an adventurous two-year-old who likes swimming

Mary has been diagnosed as asthmatic and avoids exercising in winter

. Which of the following statements is true?

Illnesses are patterns of symptoms and signs only identifiable by qualified health professionals

Patients can recover from diseases but not from illnesses

Definitions of illness and disease may differ between cultures

Definitions of disease are fixed and based on biomedical science

. A disease is determined by

Altered pathology as diagnosed by a health professional

An absence of illness

A state of complete mental and physical well-being

The person's belief that something is not right

. Mortality refers to

a measure of illness in a person

the number farming accidents resulting in deaths in rural NSW last year

a measure of the health of a community

whether a patient's treatment is working

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