Deck 1: Understanding the Role of and Conceptualizing Health Policy and Law

Question 1

Which historical perspective became dominant in the 1990s and continues to be a forceful influence today?

A) Free market perspective
B) Professional autonomy perspective
C) Social contract perspective
D) Bioethical perspective

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which historical perspective sees physicians as just one of several stakeholders that lay claim to important rights and interests in the operation of the healthcare system?

A) Free market perspective
B) Professional autonomy perspective
C) Social contract perspective
D) Bioethical perspective

Answer 2

C

Question 3

In which of the following domains is the central focus on why and how the government regulates private individuals and corporations in the name of protecting the health, safety, and welfare of the general public?

A) Healthcare policy and law
B) Public health policy and law
C) Bioethics
D) Police powers of the state

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following is the most dominant historical health perspective in terms of both length of time it held favored status and its effect in the actual shaping of health policy and law?

A) Free market perspective
B) Professional autonomy perspective
C) Social contract perspective
D) Bioethical perspective

Question 5

Medicare was borne out of the prevailing societal mood that it was an important role of government to expand legal rights for the poor and needy.

Question 6

It could be said that the Affordable Care Act shows a curbing of the free market perspective and an elevation of the social contract perspective.

Question 7

States must exercise their police powers in order to affect or engage in policymaking related to public health.

Question 8

The free market perspective argues that even the modest version of the __________, which heavily influenced health policy and law during the civil rights generation, is overly regulatory.

Question 9

The power to __________ enables Congress to establish executive branch public health agencies and to allocate public health-specific funds to states and localities.

Question 10

The __________ domain houses some of the most explosive questions in health policy, including the morality and legality of abortion.

Question 11

Which of the following represents the inherent authority of state and local governments to regulate individuals and private business to protect and promote public health?

A) Executive powers
B) Administrative powers
C) Legislative powers
D) Police powers

Question 12

Which of the following best describes the focus of healthcare policy and law?

A) Access to and quality of medical care
B) Accreditation of health facilities
C) Research and development
D) Cost-cutting measures

Question 13

Which historical perspective is grounded in the notion that the medical profession should have the authority to regulate itself?

A) Free market perspective
B) Professional autonomy perspective
C) Social contract perspective
D) Bioethical perspective

Question 14

The policy and legal consequences of mapping the human genetic code fall under:

A) healthcare policy and law.
B) public health policy and law.
C) bioethics.
D) police powers of the state.

Question 15

The role of policy and law is more important in public health than in individual health care.

Question 16

Police powers are the most critical aspect of the sovereignty that states maintained at the founding of the country, when the colonies agreed to a governmental structure consisting of a strong national government.

Question 17

Although the word health does not appear in the U.S. Constitution, the document confers powers on the federal government to tax and spend in order to allow it to engage in public health promotion and disease prevention activities.

Question 18

The power to tax allows Congress to provide incentives for having healthy behaviors.

Question 19

Bioethics is generally thought of as the intersection point for public policy, law, individual morals, societal values, and medicine.

Question 20

The free market perspective contends that markets for healthcare services and insurance operate best in a regulated environment.