Authorities can use police power to hold criminal offenders if they are a threat to society. However, if the power called parens patriae is used to take someone into custody, it means that
A. a person has already committed a crime.
B. a person is not acting in his or her own best interest.
C. the safety of the community is in jeopardy.
D. individual rights are more important than societal rights.
Answer: B
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A. paranoid schizophrenia B. schizoaffective disorder, manic type C. undifferentiated schizophrenia D. provisional schizophreniform disorder
Which of the following is FALSE regarding TCM?
a. Acupuncture is a form of TCM b. Meridians are the passageways of qui and blood flow through the body. c. In TCM, a healthy individual has a balanced amount of yin and yang. d. TCM focuses on a cellular microscopic level of diagnosis.
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a. trichromatic theory b. akinetopsia theory c. opponent-process theory d. feature-detection theory
In the early 1800s, _____________ was the medical doctor's most reliable and effective medicine that was used for a variety of conditions, but mainly for pain relief
A. alcohol B. marijuana C. barbiturates D. opium