In Mozambique Almost Every Person Is Infected with Hookworm or Other

question 64

Multiple Choice

In Mozambique almost every person is infected with hookworm or other intestinal parasites that would be devastating to an American who had the same condition. Yet in Mozambique these infected people are not considered as ill until they can no longer function independently in society. What does this imply about health and disease in Mozambique and the United States?

• A) America has turned into a nation of hypochondriacs fearful of any infection.
• B) Mozambique has absolutely no standard on which they can base the concept of health.
• C) Health is a sociocultural concept as well as a medical one.
• D) There is no universal standard on which health can be based.

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