The Appropriate Way to Handle Patients Who Smoke Is to ____

question 7

Multiple Choice

The appropriate way to handle patients who smoke is to ____.

• A) provide a corner of the reception area just for smokers
• B) make sure the medical office is equipped with a good ventilating system
• C) provide an adequate supply of ashtrays throughout the reception area
• D) ask patients to wait until they are in the exam room to smoke
• E) post "Thank You for Not Smoking" signs in the reception area

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Definitions:

Macrophages

A variant of white blood cell that consumes and dismantles cellular rubbish, alien substances, microorganisms, and cancer cells via a mechanism termed phagocytosis.

Red Blood Cells

The cells in the blood which carry oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues and carbon dioxide back to the lungs.

Macrophages

Immune cells that engulf and digest cellular debris, foreign substances, microbes, and cancer cells in a process called phagocytosis.

Killer T Cells

A type of immune cell that attacks and destroys infected cells and cancer cells.