Deck 10: Social Work in Health Care

Question 1

Managed Care Programs

A) First made their appearance during the 1950s to accommodate World War II veterans
B) Are plans adopted by most health care providers to coordinate services and make health care more effective and efficient.
C) Have been applauded for decreasing health care costs
D) Have proved to be service-friendly and cost-friendly to the elderly population

Answer 1

Are plans adopted by most health care providers to coordinate services and make health care more effective and efficient.

Question 2

Social work in health care settings

A) Is the application of social work knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values to health care
B) Usually interferes with medicine and related professions
C) Usually plays a very minor role in the study, diagnosis, and treatment of illness
D) Usually does not collaborate with public health programs

Answer 2

Is the application of social work knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values to health care

Question 3

Prenatal and postnatal care are examples of

A) Primary level of prevention
B) Secondary level of prevention
C) Tertiary level of prevention
D) Lateral level of prevention

Answer 3

Primary level of prevention

Question 4

Social workers in health care services

A) Use the problem-inducing method to assist individuals, groups, and communities
B) Provide prevention at the following levels: primary, literally, secondary, and tertiary
C) Work with a broad range of specialists, public health nurses, and health educators
D) Prescribe medication

Question 5

Illness

A) Usually does not encompass social and spiritual components
B) Is an impaired role function
C) Results from factors wholly organic
D) Maximizes the usefulness of the individual to his or her family and loved ones

Question 6

Illness

A) Affects the self-image of the patient
B) Results in the disorganization of the entire family
C) Interferes with the breadwinning function of the wage-earner
D) Affects the self-image of the patient, disorganizes the family, and has financial repercussions

Question 7

The functions of social work in the hospitals does NOT include:

A) Serve as a seller of community services
B) Participate in the policy-making process
C) Assess the patient's psychological and environmental weaknesses
D) Support the patient's utilization of medical services

Question 8

Which of the following statements is NOT true about health care in the United States?

A) The health care system of the United States is chaotic and costly
B) Physicians are not trained to develop social-health solutions.
C) Fewer elderly are seeking health care services due to a better quality of life
D) An important part of health care that will continue to grow in the future is home health care

Question 9

When working with clients with disabilities, the social worker

A) Should avoid using the word "disability"
B) Should sympathize instead of empathizing with the client
C) Should always help the client without asking them
D) Should never refer to able-bodied people as normal

Question 10

The health care reform bill passed in 2010 does NOT address which of the following issues:

A) The uninsured
B) Medicare
C) Long-term care
D) After-life care

Question 11

Describe the meaning of "illness" from a social work perspective.

Question 12

Describe the role of a social worker in various health care settings.

Question 13

How does illness affect the patients and his/her family?

Question 14

How are social workers involved in the prevention of illness at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels?

Question 15

What are the main issues addressed by the health care reform bill of 2010?