When We Focus on the 'Proximate' Environment of a Disease

question 27

Multiple Choice

When we focus on the 'proximate' environment of a disease and on the context in which its pathogens are spread, what theoretical framework are we adopting?

• A) disease ecology
• B) political economy
• C) structural functionalism
• D) holism
• E) historical particularism

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