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Question 51

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Holistic medicine asserts that:

A) the most important task is treating symptoms of disease.
B) patients should rely on themselves-not just physicians-to ensure their health.
C) treatment of patients should be impersonal.
D) All of the above are correct.

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Talcott Parsons developed the concept of the "sick role."

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In Western Europe and North America, scientists began to understand the causes of infectious diseases at about what point in history?

About one month after being infected, most people with HIV begin to display symptoms.

People with more money to spend are more likely to become obese.

Gonorrhea and syphilis can be cured with penicillin.

In the United States, the infant mortality rate among low-income children is about the same as the rate for the children of the wealthy.

Why is cigarette smoking considered the leading preventable cause of death in the United States? Describe the health consequences of smoking cigarettes. What categories of people are most and least likely to smoke? Has the smoking hazard always been recognized? Why, in your opinion, is cigarette smoking still common, especially among college students?

Which of the following categories of people in the United States is especially likely to smoke cigarettes?

The rise of scientific medicine in the United States began with the founding of the American Medical Association in 1847.

According to the World Health Organization, about how many of the world's people suffer from serious illness caused by poverty?

The topic of psychosomatic disorders is of greatest interest to sociologists guided by which theoretical approach?

The role of government in providing medical care is greater in the United States than in other high-income nations.

Social-conflict analysis claims the profit motive enhances the quality of medical care in the United States.

Describe the shortage of nurses in the United States. What are several reasons for this shortage?

One criticism of the social-conflict analysis is that it minimizes the improvements in health care brought about by scientific medicine.

A symbolic-interaction approach to health and medicine emphasizes:

Read the following statements about health in the United States. Which of the statement is correct?

The greatest preventable cause of death in the United States is:

Discuss the "right to die" debate. How has modern technology created this debate in the first place? What are the arguments for legal euthanasia? What are the arguments against it? Which side do you find more convincing? Why?