In a “risk society,” individuals often find it difficult to get acknowledgement that they suffer from an illness because
A. the doctors they have access to work for the corporations that in some way caused the illness.
B. they are labeled as lazy rather than ill.
C. they are considered responsible for the risks they took.
D. All individuals are at similar risk, and therefore no one is concerned with the symptoms.
E. All of these are correct.
Answer: A
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A. shared by those who are a part of it. B. largely genetically determined. C. questioned by those who take part in it. D. the same everywhere at all times.
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A. social status B. ownership of the means of production C. income and wealth D. social status and social power