Weight-Gone Offers a Guaranteed Weight Loss of 8 Pounds in One

question 99

Multiple Choice

Weight-Gone offers a guaranteed weight loss of 8 pounds in one week without dieting or exercise.Thousands of customers purchase the products and about 200 call in with complaints that the product was ineffective.What action should Weight-Gone take?

• A) It should immediately remove its products from the market,fully refund the thousands of customers' money,and close its business.
• B) It should use persuasive techniques to get the 200 disappointed customers to try the product again each time it fails in order to decrease refunds.
• C) It should explain to the customers that they misused the product and try to sell them more of the product.
• D) It should discuss the product failure with the customers and then provide them with a full refund of their purchase price.
• E) It should ignore the customers' complaints and hope they will tire of calling and writing letters.

Articulate the definitions and distinctions between health, disease, and illness, including conceptual frameworks for understanding illness behavior.

Understand the role of lay referral networks in seeking health care and the impact of personal and social factors on healthcare-seeking behaviors.

Understand the concept and implications of placebo and nocebo effects.

Recognize the significance of patients' beliefs and expectations in the effectiveness of treatments, including placebos.

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