Chapter 18: Becoming an Informed Health Care Consumer

3. – name used to describe the molecular structure of a drug.
6. – a system of medical practice in which allopathic principles are combined with specific attention to postural mechanics of the body.
11. – health care providers who generally see patients on a routine basis, particularly for preventive health care.
12. – marketing of unreliable and ineffective services, products, or information under the guise of curing disease or improving health; quackery.
14. – a system of treatment that avoids drugs and surgery and emphasizes the use of natural agents, such as sunshine, to correct underlying imbalances.
15. – willingness to follow the directions provided by another person.
16. – common or nonproprietary name of a drug.

1. – manipulation of the vertebral column to relieve misalignments and cure illness.
2. – an ancient form of healing in which herbal preparations are used to treat illness and disease.
4. – insertion of fine needles into the body to alter electroenergy fields and cure disease.
5. – the use of minute doses of herbs, minerals, or other substances to stimulate healing.
7. – the practice of disseminating or supplying inaccurate health information, unreliable health care, or ineffective health products for the purposes of defrauding another person.
8. – a person who earns money by purposely marketing inaccurate health information, unreliable health care, or ineffective health products
9. – specific patented name assigned to a drug by its manufacturer.
10. – the trend toward individuals taking increased responsibility for prevention or management of certain health conditions.
13. – a system of medical practice in which specific remedies (often pharmaceutical agents) are used to produce effects different from those produced by a disease or injury.