Eighty-Five Percent of General Practitioners Agreed That Alcoholism Was a Disease

question 14

Multiple Choice

Eighty-five percent of general practitioners agreed that alcoholism was a disease, whereas only 50 percent of medical school faculty did. What prediction might you make based on this statement?

• A) Medical students will learn from most of their teachers in school that alcoholism is a disease.
• B) After school, medical students will teach their older colleagues that alcoholism is a disease.
• C) After school, medical students will learn from their older colleagues that alcoholism is not a disease.
• D) After school, medical students will learn from their older colleagues that alcoholism is a disease.

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