Secondary health care is becoming increasingly common in community-based settings. Examples of this are
1. Alcohol counseling for a homeless veteran and cardiac testing for an overweight bank executive.
2. Care for a terminally ill elder and rehabilitation for a client with a spinal cord injury.
3. Home-based infusion therapy for a man with osteomyelitis and outpatient cholecystectomy for a middle-aged woman.
4. Prenatal care for a pregnant teen and diagnostic testing for a man with chronic back pain.
Question 2
Health promotion and illness prevention activities, such as well-child checkups, routine physical examinations, and prenatal care are examples of
1. Comprehensive health care.
2. Primary health care.
3. Secondary health care.
4. Tertiary health care.
Common postural abnormalities
Some common eye disorders. (A) Conjunctivitis (“pinkeye”).
Examples of endocrine disorders. (D) A patient with gigantism.
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