Which Perspective Has Dominated Western Thinking and Sees Health as the Absence

question 287

Multiple Choice

Which perspective has dominated Western thinking and sees health as the absence of illness with damage to the body being inflicted by poor lifestyle choices, such as smoking or overeating, or by external causes, such as viruses?

• A) the psychosomatic perspective
• B) the mind-body perspective
• C) the medical model
• D) the biopsychosocial model

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