Which of the Following Statements Best Explains the Manner in Which

question 77

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements best explains the manner in which a physician's approach to illness differs from that of a sociologist?

• A)Sociologists are interested in the immediate causes of illness.
• B)Doctors consider how social contexts shape individual health behaviors.
• C)Doctors are interested in the causes of illness that can be remedied with medical treatments.
• D)Sociologists generally focus on how our current day-to-day lives affect illness because those are the contexts that they can influence.

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