Explain the common criticisms faced by conflict theorists' perspectives on health and medicine.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. The most common criticism is that conflict theorists often overlook the contributions of medical and health care systems. Without them, people would suffer more, die at a younger age, and have a lower quality of life. Second, doctors, medical scientists, and some medical associations (e.g., American Academy of Family Physicians) have been among the most vocal critics of unneeded surgery, tests, and procedures. Finally, most people are not simply victims of a malicious medical-industrial complex. Many make unhealthy lifestyle choices (unprotected sex, drug abuse), and complain rather than change their behavior when employers impose health insurance penalties for smoking and obesity. Others join forces with drug companies to lobby the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to decrease current restrictions on potent narcotic painkillers.
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a. the same as a social organization. b. one pattern in social organization. c. formal organization.
According to the classical theory of formal organizations, workers are motivated almost entirely by
A. economic rewards. B. fear of their superiors. C. norms of conformity to the group. D. the need for job satisfaction.
Cultural adaptation for Italian immigrants
a. was facilitated by their mastery of the English language. b. was slowed by hostility in the new environment, poverty, and the intent to return home. c. began to a significant degree in many areas with the first generation. d. was hastened by their residential integration into core culture communities.
Your text argues that the type of career pursued by women is a "structured choice," which means a. women's career choices reflect limited options as a result of the structure of society
b. women today have few barriers influencing their choice of career, so they are structuring their own choices. c. women's career choices are structured by their choices not to attend college. d. women choose their careers primarily according to their perceptions of their own individual abilities.