Capítulo 4: Experimentación y resultados
4.3. Comparación con sistemas del estado-del-arte
Exercise No: 2
Name: 20th century advances
No.5: Factors affecting the development of drugs and Question Type: Missing Part Question Cures for infectious diseases were found in the 20th century because of many factors including
_______ luck, the discovery of new technology and the impact of war. Answers Correct Answer competition between scientists,
Incorrect Answer 1 the discovery of the computer, Incorrect Answer 2 more illnesses being discovered, Incorrect Answer 3 doctor's surgeries becoming cleaner,
No.6: Public Health 1900-1939 Question Type: Multiple Choice
Question Which TWO of the following Acts were the earliest ones that were passed to help with public health?
Answers Correct Answer 1st Midwives Act.
Correct Answer Provision of School Meals Act.
Incorrect Answer 1 2nd Housing Act.
Incorrect Answer 2 National Health Insurance Act. Incorrect Answer 3 Town Planning Act.
No.7: Advances in medicine Question Type: Multiple Choice
Question What were the major advances in medicine in the years between 1900 and 1945? Only TWO are correct.
Answers Correct Answer The development of X-rays to help doctors. Correct Answer The advent of insulin to help diabetics.
Incorrect Answer 1 A cure for cancer was found. Incorrect Answer 2 Doctors were paid more. Incorrect Answer 3 Hospitals became bigger.
No.8: Penicillin Question Type: Statement Choice
Question How does penicillin work?
Answers Correct Answer It kills harmful bacteria in humans that causes disease. Incorrect Answer 1 Alexander Fleming controls its distribution.
Incorrect Answer 2 It is administered by an injection.
KS3 History 20: Twentieth-century medicine how has it changed the lives of
people?
Exercise No: 3
Name: NHS in Britain
No.9: New diseases? Question Type: Multiple Choice
Question Which TWO of the following are NOT new dieases? Answers Correct Answer Smallpox.
Correct Answer Diabetes.
Incorrect Answer 1 Allergies. Incorrect Answer 2 AIDS. Incorrect Answer 3 Obesity.
No.10: Aneurin Bevan Question Type: Statement Choice
Question In what way did Bevan work hard to create the National Health Service?
Answers Correct Answer He overcame the fears of doctors who felt that they would be
controlled by the government.
Incorrect Answer 1 He was the first doctor to perform free surgery. Incorrect Answer 2 He bought lots of new hospitals.
Incorrect Answer 3 He persuaded miners to support his ideas.
No.11: National Health Service Question Type: Statement Choice Question What was the central principle of the NHS when it was set up?
Answers Correct Answer Medical care would be available and affordable for all. Incorrect Answer 1 There would be one hospital per town.
Incorrect Answer 2 The NHS would make as much money as possible. Incorrect Answer 3 Medical care would be free.
No.12: Modern medicine Question Type: Multiple Choice
Question Which TWO areas of surgery have seen the most progress thanks to the NHS? Answers Correct Answer Heart transplants.
Correct Answer Laser surgery on eye tumours.
Incorrect Answer 1 Kidney dialysis. Incorrect Answer 2 Contraceptive pill. Incorrect Answer 3 Cortisone injections.
KS3 History 20: Twentieth-century medicine how has it changed the lives of
people?
Exercise No: 4
Name: Modern issues in world healthcare
No.13: Problems in the NHS Question Type: Multiple Choice
Question What were the TWO reasons for the decreasing popularity of the NHS at the end of the 20th century?
Answers Correct Answer There were a number of scandals involving doctors. Correct Answer Too many unnecessary operations were being performed.
Incorrect Answer 1 There were too many doctors. Incorrect Answer 2 People were not getting sick anymore. Incorrect Answer 3 There was an oil crisis.
No.14: The NHS today Question Type: Multiple Choice
Question What recent improvements have there been to the NHS according to the article? There are TWO correct answers.
Answers Correct Answer In some areas people can book appointments online. Correct Answer Websites have been set up to search for health information.
Incorrect Answer 1 Doctors will diagnose and treat you online. Incorrect Answer 2 All patients will have to pay to be treated.
Incorrect Answer 3 All patients will be seen within 30 minutes of making a call to their doctor.
No.15: World Poverty and healthcare Question Type: Missing Part Question In certain parts of the world healthcare _______ and charities work hard to bring healthcare to the
poorest people and those affected by disasters. Answers Correct Answer is dependent on wealth,
Incorrect Answer 1 is more advanced than in Britain, Incorrect Answer 2 is not allowed,
Incorrect Answer 3 is free to everyone,
No.16: Child poverty Question Type: Multiple Choice
Question Which TWO of the following do the greatest number of children suffer from in the developing world?
Answers Correct Answer No adequate shelter. Correct Answer No access to sanitation.
Incorrect Answer 1 No healthcare services. Incorrect Answer 2 Lack of safe water. Incorrect Answer 3 Deprivation of food.
KS3 History 20: Twentieth-century medicine how has it changed the lives of
people?
Peer Assessment Question and Expert Answer
Question How far has modern medicine developed to improve the lives of 20th century people?
Expert Teacher Answer
At the start of the 20th century, healthcare was not free and a person could only receive treatment if they could afford it. Healthcare was not specialised- with doctors being general medical
advisors. The Liberal governments between 1906-1918, spurred by problems of national efficiency and the rise of the Labour Party, created a series of reforms which improved public health in Britain. Reforms were passed in Housing, Education and Welfare and became the basis of later developments in the NHS. Medical advances also emerged after WW1. Penicillin was invented and refined and became important in the curing of many diseases and infections. Vaccinations for diseases like TB and Polio were found, and X-rays helped patients in hospitals. Perhaps the biggest advance in medical care came with the establishment of the NHS in 1948 by Aneurin Bevan. This established the principle of free healthcare for all - no matter what their ability to pay. All healthcare services were put under one roof- and over the next 40 years pioneering scientists began to discover new methods for transplants, and worked on cures for other major diseases. However, the NHS suffered problems after 1951, when it was discovered that it cost too much money. Prescriptions and dental treatment have to be paid for and throughout the 1970s and 1980s hospitals have found themselves in debt and with long waiting queues for operations. The Labour governments from 1998 onwards have tried to tackle this issue by granting more money to the healthcare authorities but there is still a long way to go to realise Aneurin Bevan's dream. World Healthcare is a far cry from Britain's NHS - with many developing world people suffering from diseases that we have long since stamped out. Poverty and a lack of investment is a problem and charities like Oxfam and Unicef are working to bring an end to the problems that these countries are facing. Medical advances have brought many changes to the lives of many people, but financial restraints still play a large part in healthcare throughout the world.