Ch. 3 Vocabulary

3. A company's or store's written agreement to repair a product or refund your money should the product not function properly.
5. Complete and comprehensive information about your immunizations and any health problems you have.
6. Actions that prevent the onset of disease or injury
9. A written or spoken media message designed to interest consumers in purchasing a product or service.
10. Scientific study of patterns of disease in a population.
11. A plan in which private companies or government programs pay for part or all of a persons medical costs.
13. People or groups whose sole purpose is to take on regional, national, and even international consumer issues.
14. Method of judging the benefits of different products by comparing several factors, such as quality, features, and cost.
16. Sale of worthless products or services that claim to prevent diseases or cure other health problems.
18. Community wide effort to monitor and promote the welfare of the population.

1. Failure by a health professional to meet accepted standards.
2. Medical doctors who provide physical checkups and general care.
4. Medical doctors trained to handle particular kinds of patients or medical conditions.
7. Various methods of communicating information.
8. All the medical care available to a nation's people, the way they receive care,and the method of payment.
12. Anyone who purchases or uses health products or services.
15. Using the internet to buy products and services.
17. Deliberate deceit or trickery