What Is an "Explanatory Model" of a Disease Like Cancer

question 49

Multiple Choice

What is an "explanatory model" of a disease like cancer?

• A) a simplified physical model of the body with all the organs affected by the cancer identified in it
• B) a general approach to explaining the incidence of cancer among various groups
• C) a biological theory that explains why certain people get cancer and others do not
• D) a general explanation held by individual patients and their families that accounts for the patient's symptoms, the causes of these symptoms, and how to best treat the cancer

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