The Fact That Demographic Variables Are Related to Risk for Cardiovascular

question 14

Multiple Choice

The fact that demographic variables are related to risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) indicates that

• A) poverty causes CVD.
• B) lower socioeconomic status is inversely related to health-damaging behaviors.
• C) CVD leads to lower incomes and a decline in living standards.
• D) all of the above

---

Definitions:

Self-Serving Decisions

Decisions made with the primary aim of benefiting oneself, often ignoring or disadvantaging others.

Ethical Principles

The foundational concepts that guide moral conduct in various fields, ensuring actions and decisions meet established standards of right and wrong.

Proximity

The state of being near or next to something, often influencing relationships and interactions through the physical closeness or distance between people or objects.

Ethical Issue

A situation or problem requiring an individual or organization to choose between alternatives that must be evaluated as right (ethical) or wrong (unethical).