The history of CPR illustrates

A. the scientific nature of medical practice.
B. Americans’ discomfort with the inevitability of sudden death.
C. why doctors adopt cost-effective treatments.
D. Americans’ preference for a quick and painless death.
E. the social construction of mediocrity.


Answer: B

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