The earliest and most important factor associated with reduced death rates in the United States was
a. modern cure-oriented medicine
b. industrialization
c. preventive health care for individuals
d. changes in the structure of contemporary families
e. public health measures
Question 2Most deaths in contemporary American society occur
a. in some sort of health-care institution
b. in a long-term care facility
c. in the home
d. in the presence of family caregivers
e. none of these
Question 3Diseases with patterns of gradually losing control over one's bodily functions and mental capacities are most likely to be
a. communicable diseases with a long dying trajectory
b. communicable diseases with a short dying trajectory
c. degenerative diseases with a long dying trajectory
d. degenerative diseases with a short dying trajectory
e. none of these
Question 4The dying trajectory
a. of communicable diseases is often shorter than that of degenerative diseases
b. is unusually similar in both degenerative and communicable diseases
c. can often be more easily foreseen or predicted in degenerative diseases than in communicable diseases
d. all of these
e. none of these
Question 5The leading cancer cause of death for American females is
a. prostate cancer
b. colon and rectal cancer
c. lung and bronchial cancer
d. pancreatic cancer
e. none of these
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