In her study of former mental patients, Nancy Herman found that former mental patients were ______.
A. likely to return to the hospital
B. likely to commit crimes
C. viewed as “defective” by others
D. able to return to their lives with no difficulty
C. viewed as “defective” by others
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___________ Because it places a strain on the social system and on individuals, every society has the institution of medicine
What will be an ideal response?
According to the text, child abuse
(a) does not occur in upper-class families. (b) can often be fatal. (c) is committed by the mentally ill. (d) is declining.
Which of the following is NOT a consequence of medicalizing a condition?
A. It lowers health-care expenses. B. It provides access to the sick role. C. It removes blame for having whatever the condition is. D. It increases the prestige of the medical profession.
The number of children born to women in the total absence of conscious birth control is known as ____
a. simple fertility. b. primary fertility. c. natural fertility. d. crude fertility. e. none of the above