A crisis is BEST defined as which of the following?
a. unexpected life demand
b. turning point
c. negative or positive event
d. a time of bad luck
B
The Oxford English Dictionary (1989) defines crisis as the turning point in a disease, the decisive stage in the progress of anything, a state of affairs in which change for the better or worse is imminent. The original use of the term was for a turning point in an illness. The other options could be true of a crisis, but turning point is the best definition.
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