As You Sit in the Waiting Room of a Doctor's

question 44

Multiple Choice

As you sit in the waiting room of a doctor's office leafing through a magazine,you see a letter to the editor about world hunger.In it,the author takes issue with a statement made in a previous issue that stated,"…and thus,hunger worsens poverty...." The letter writer claims that this statement is completely unfounded and has no reasoning behind it.Does hunger worsen poverty?

• A)Yes,but it can be corrected with appropriate access to reproductive health care
• B)No; if hungry people work hard enough they can work to get themselves out of poverty
• C)Yes,it propagates poverty by increasing the death rate and leaving many families as single-parent households
• D)Yes,hunger makes poverty worse by robbing a person of the good health and the physical and mental energy needed to be active and productive

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Definitions:

Issue-by-issue Final Offer

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Arbitrator

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Whole Package

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Narcotic Effect

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