Which argument about antibiotics in the food supply reflects the Precautionary Principle? A) The US beef industry says we should not reduce antibiotics in meat until scientific evidence about risks is certain  B) Europeans want to reduce antibiotics in the food supply because a we have good evidence that it is  harming human health  C)  U.S. consumer advocates say that antibiotics are unneeded because illnesses cannot cross between animals and humans anyway. D)  The FDA says that they are starting a study to investigate whether antibiotics in the food supply affect human health.

According to lecture, one way physicians engage in “disease mongering” is by:

A Japanese co-worker asks you how U.S. healthcare differs from other developed countries. Which of the following is accurate?

Which is the correct negation of the statement: “There exists an even prime number”?

When a government regulatory agency like the FDA  promotes the food industry instead of acting as a watchdog, this is called:

Pharmaceutical sales representatives are not required to have degrees in pharmaceutical sciences.  

By law, pharmaceutical sales representatives can only provide physicians’ offices with educational material.  

According to Waitzkin’s discussion of medical bias, a physician would be most likely to give a prescription for tranquilizers to deal with stress if a patient says:

The average height of a group of students is 150 cm, with a standard deviation of 8 cm. If a student’s height is 162 cm, what is the z-score?

What is the difference between a private health care system and a public one?  A) Who pays for health care B) Who provides the health care C) All of the above