What Is an Illness

question 20

Multiple Choice

What is an illness?

• A) a nonexistent ailment (only diseases are real)
• B) an artificial product of biomedicine
• C) a scientifically described health threat
• D) a purely linguistic problem
• E) a condition of poor health perceived by an individual

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Definitions:

Nonrival

A good or service is nonrival if its consumption by one individual does not reduce its availability to others.

Nonexcludable

A characteristic of public goods: Once a good is produced, no one can be excluded from enjoying its benefits.

Marginal Social Benefit

The additional gain to society as a whole from consuming or producing one more unit of a good or service.

Marginal Social Cost

The additional cost imposed on society as a whole by producing one extra unit of a good or service.