Why are aging societies, and the individuals who live in them, victims of their own success?
What will be an ideal response?
The multiple social challenges that they face—chronic disease, financial burdens, and issues around an extended period of end-of-life care—exist precisely because of increases in life expectancy over the last century. The rise of chronic disease as the cause of death, rather than an acute event like a heart attack, creates new challenges for caring for people at the end of their lives. Chronic diseases generally unfold slowly, so those suffering from them can expect to experience a series of health emergencies that ultimately culminate in their death. That said, most societies are still committed to caring for a person until they die on their own. The United States has a culture and religious traditions that condition its people to operate around a heroic model of medicine, where we expect doctors as well as other caregivers right down to the family itself to "do everything they can" to prolong lives—even when the quality of such a life is suffering for the most part.
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a. teacher layoffs b. decreases in technological upgrades c. enrollments d. increases in teacher in-service training e. none of the above
Of the following countries, which one has the highest age of virginity loss?
A) India B) United States C) Brazil D) Canada
Explain the concept of dysfunctions with an example.
What will be an ideal response?
Under the Indian caste system, people must marry within their own caste.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)