In a "Risk Society," Individuals Often Find It Difficult to Get

question 18

Multiple Choice

In a "risk society," individuals often find it difficult to get acknowledgement that they suffer from an illness because

• A) the doctors they have access to work for the corporations that in some way caused the illness.
• B) they are labeled as lazy rather than ill.
• C) they are considered responsible for the risks they took.
• D) all of the above
• E) none of the above

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Definitions:

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