According to conflict theorists, all of the following are ideological functions of the social organization of health care in a capitalist system EXCEPT which?

A. Health care is legitimated as a form of social control.
B. Health care has come to be viewed through a medicalized perspective.
C. Health care helps reproduce the values and beliefs related to socialism.
D. Health care legitimates the principles of privatization and pursuit of profit.


Answer: C

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