Philip Argues That the Medical System's Main Goal Is to Make

question 25

Multiple Choice

Philip argues that the medical system's main goal is to make profits and not to benefit people who need help. He says that medical care is not equally accessible to all individuals and that it benefits only certain groups of people. Philip's ideas represent the _____ perspective.

• A) functionalist
• B) conflict
• C) symbolic interactionist
• D) constructivist
• E) sexist

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Definitions:

Synapse

The junction between two neurons or a neuron and a muscle, through which nerve impulses pass.

Otto Loewi

Otto Loewi was an Austrian-German pharmacologist who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1936 for his discovery of the chemical transmission of nerve impulses.

Neurotransmitter

Chemical substances that transmit signals across a synapse from one neuron to another in the nervous system.

Receptors

Proteins found inside or on the cell surface that respond to specific chemical signals by initiating a cellular response.