Chapter 1 Multiple Choice Questions

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

Mary is feeling excessively tired

Brian had two knee replacements last year

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

. 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?

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

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

Mary has been diagnosed as asthmatic and avoids exercising in winter

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

. Which of the following statements is true?

Definitions of disease are fixed and based on biomedical science

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

. A disease is determined by

An absence of illness

Altered pathology as diagnosed by a health professional

A state of complete mental and physical well-being

The person's belief that something is not right

. Mortality refers to

whether a patient's treatment is working

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

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