Discuss two ways by which the medical profession has changed in the last 50 years.
What will be an ideal response?
Correct answers may vary but could include that there is greater diversity in the medical profession today. For example, women earned only 6.9 percent of medical degrees in 1966, but by 2011, they earned 48 percent of those degrees. However, white male physicians' historical power continues to be evident in their starting salaries, which are consistently higher than those of their female counterparts. Another point, in the last several decades, the professions have been characterized by a process of deprofessionalization--that is, their power and autonomy, as well as their high status and associated wealth, have declined, at least relative to the exalted position they once held.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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A) marriage is sacred. B) divorce is a serious social problem. C) marriage becomes a personal rather than a kinship problem. D) all are emergent norms concerning family reorganization.
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a. Mass hysteria b. Gossip c. Fads d. Panic
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A. The Truman Show B. The Matrix C. Spartacus D. The New Rulers of the World