A person comes to the Emergency Department seeking medical care for symptoms of an illness. What will legitimize the illness for the patient?
1. The health care professional who diagnoses the illness
2. The insurance company that pays for the illness treatment
3. Society's view of the illness
4. The person having the illness
1, 3
Explanation: 1. The sick role of a person having an illness must be conferred by a healthcare professional who has the authority to make a legitimate diagnosis.
2. The insurance company pays when the legitimization of an illness and sick role is confirmed by a healthcare provider's diagnosis.
3. Society's view of an illness helps to confer the sick role on an individual having that illness, but must first be truly legitimized through confirmation by a health care professional.
4. The person having the illness cannot legitimize the illness and diagnosis by themselves. A healthcare provider must legitimize it with an official diagnosis pronouncement.
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