CONSUMER HEALTH

4. Direction : Select the best answer from the following choices.

9. 1.Health Information
2.Health Products
3.Health Services
4.Health Professionals
5.Health Insurance

11. Aside from health information and products, people also
avail of various health services from different providers.
Health services are often connected to healthcare.
These programs aim to appraise the health conditions of
individuals through screening and examinations, cure
and treat disorders, prevent and control the spread of
diseases, provide safety, emergency care, and first aid,
and ensure a follow-up program for individuals who have
undergone treatments. Health services are usually
offered by healthcare providers. “A healthcare
provider is a trained professional who provides
people with healthcare”

18. MEDICAL
SPECIALISTS

19. Health professionals are licensed to
practice medicine. Knowing each of these
professionals and their functions can
give benefits such as the application of
an immediate and appropriate treatment,
avoidance of time and resources wastage,
and the like. Knowing them will not also
lead someone to avail of fraudulent
health services.

21. 1. He specializes in the use of radiologic machines or x-ray machines in
diagnosing and treatment of diseases.
2. He specializes in the care of women during pregnancy and childbirth. Obstetrician
3. He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders.Psychiatrist
4. He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the heart and
blood vessels. Cardiologist
5. He specializes in correcting deformities of the Musculo-skeletal system by
means of surgery. Orthopedist
6. He specializes in the diagnosis of non-surgical treatment of diseases of
internal organs. Internist
7. He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of skin diseases.Dermatologist
8. He specializes in diseases and abnormalities of the gastro-urinary tract.Urologist
9. He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases and
disorders.Ophthalmologist
10. He specializes in children’s health care and the treatment of diseases.Pediatrician
Radiologist

26. The 4 major domains of Complementary and
Alternative Medicine:
1. Biology–based practices – example are taking
herbal medicine and availing of special diets and vitamins.
2. Energy medicine- uses magnetic fields or biofields
in belief that energy fields may enter various points in the
body.
3. Manipulative and body–based practices
– are bodily kinesthetic in nature and are concerned with
movement therapy.
4. Mind – body medicine- uses mental exercises in
belief that the brain is central to the health of an individual.

27. The difference between Complementary
Medicine and Alternative Medicine:
Complementary medicine – uses
aroma therapy to help lessen a patient’s discomfort
following surgery.
Alternative medicine – uses special diet
to treat cancer instead of undergoing surgery,
radiation or chemotherapy.

29. A quack is a
person who
dishonestly
pretends to
have medical
skills or
knowledge.

30. The three forms of quackery are:
a. Medical quackery includes cures, treatments, and
remedies of various health conditions that are drugless
or bloodless in nature.
b. Nutrition quackery involves promotion of food fads
and other nutritional practices that claim to be all-natural.
These are believed to have beneficial properties of
multiple plants in one product.
c. Device quackery makes use of miraculous gadgets
(such as dials, gauges, electrodes, magnets, and
blinkers) that are believed to cure certain health

31. Lessons 7 – 8
Consumer Law, Consumer
Welfare Protection, and 8 Basic
Rights of a Consumer
Part 2 :
Module 2

33. The right to
__________________
This right guarantee survival, adequate food, clothing, shelter,
healthcare, education, and sanitation.
2. The right to
___________________
This is the right to be protected against the marketing of goods or
the provision of services that are hazardous to health and life.
3. The right to
___________________
This is the right to be protected against dishonest or misleading
advertising or labeling and the right to be given the facts and
information needed to make an informed choice.
The right to
___________________
This is the right to choose products at competitive prices with an
assurance of satisfactory quality.
5. The right to
___________________
This is the right to express consumer interests in the making and
execution of government policies.
6. The right to
___________________
This is the right to be compensated for misrepresentation, shoddy
goods or unsatisfactory services.
7. The right to
___________________
This is the right to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to
be an informed customer.
8. The right to
___________________
This is the right to live and work in an environment that is neither
threatening nor dangerous and, which permits a life of dignity and
well-being.
8 Basic Rights of a Consumer
B Basic Needs B B
Safety
Information
Choose
Representation
Redress
Consumer
Education
A healthy
environment

34. Consumer Act of the Philippines of 1991
The Philippine government adopted RA
7394 (Consumer Act of the Philippines of
1991) as the legal basis for consumer
protection in the country. The law embodies
the state policy on
the protection of consumers and establishes
standards of conduct for business and
industry in the country.