The text describes the professionalization of medicine largely as dysfunctional, and a way to monopolize medical care. In what ways was professionalization functional for society?
What will be an ideal response?
Requiring rigorous education that had a scientific basis increased the likelihood that physicians would have the best available knowledge about disease and effective treatments, and reduced the number of unlicensed doctors practicing medicine. The ideal of self-regulation created the possibility (if not the reality) of a system of control over the practice of medicine by practitioners who understood how medicine should be practiced.
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Using impression management, individuals: a. present themselves in the same way, regardless of the situation
b. do not think about how others will perceive them. c. worry they will not be able to play their role properly. d. present different "selves" to others, depending on the situation.
Bilingualism is the use of two or more languages
A. in all sectors of public and private life. B. in particular settings, such as workplaces or educational facilities, treating each language as equally legitimate. C. only in educational settings. D. only in workplaces.
Autogenocide is
A. the enemy as torturer or sadist. B. multiple loss resulting from a car accident. C. a group's killing of its own people. D. death without forethought.