Why are parents and physicians classified as being the gatekeepers of the sick role?

What will be an ideal response?


Dependent children must have the endorsement of their parents to be considered too sick to attend school, church, or other required activities. Physicians are required to verify that adults qualify to be excused from work (usually three days or more), to endorse disability claims, and verify allegations of injury on the job.

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The U.S. welfare state was dramatically expanded in the __________.

A) 1850s B) 1900s C) 1930s D) 1990s

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Illiana did an historical/comparative of college yearbooks over a 30-year time period. Her particular goal was to take on the circumstances, views, and feelings of those she studied so that she could interpret their lives appropriately. It would be best to use

a. analytic induction. b. corroboration. c. ideal types. d. verstehen. e. content analysis

Sociology

__________involves the use of force, actual or threatened, to engage a person in intimate physical acts against that person's will

A) Sexual coercion B) Uxoricide C) Lynching D) Sexual dimorphism

Sociology

Explain how Enlightenment ideas about personal happiness influenced marriage and divorce from the eighteenth to the 20th century in the United States.

What will be an ideal response?

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