According to the Textbook, Which Assumption Would Probably Follow from Talcott

question 12

Multiple Choice

According to the textbook, which assumption would probably follow from Talcott Parsons's notion of the sick role?

• A) A sick person should not be personally blamed for being ill.
• B) A sick person should be isolated from society.
• C) A sick person should always tend to his or her work responsibilities while sick.
• D) A sick person should avoid modern medicine.

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A unit of weight commonly used in the British imperial and United States customary measurement systems.

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