Health Care Philosophies and Ethics - Unit 1 Test Review

Founded the American Red Cross in 1881.

Isolated radium in 1910.

Artist who used dissection to draw the human body.

Was appointed superintendent of female nurses in the army.

Discovered penicillin in 1928.

The father of medicine.

Developed a vaccine for smallpox in 1796.

Developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens.

Began using disinfectants/antiseptics during surgery.

Established the patterns in heredity.

Founder of modern nursing.

Began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria.

Discovered X-rays in 1895.

Developed the polio vaccine in 1952.

What was the first intervention to prevent infection during surgeries in 1847.

With patients unconscious, surgeons could now take their time over operations and attempt more difficult surgeries.

Lessened the chance of people getting smallpox, and if people still got it, it was less severe.

It carried genetic information and began the study on how to cure inherited diseases by gene therapy.

Allowed doctors to see the bones of patients to see if there were any fractures or foreign objects.

Infections killed most people and hand washing helped reduce it.

1980’s

Chemotherapy couldn’t treat all cancers because they had different diseases that couldn’t be treated the same way.

-People didn’t know how it was transmitted. -There was a social stigma.

Practitioners: Doctors,nurses, clinicians, and therapists, etc. Pros: -Everything is fit for a certain patients values. -Safer Cons: -Information could get mixed up with another patient.