Most Sociologists Accept That Most of What We Currently Recognize

question 43

Multiple Choice

Most sociologists accept that most of what we currently recognize as medicine is a consequence of developments in Western society over the past three centuries.Sociologists would include which of the following items among these developments?

• A) a trend toward seeing the origins and treatments of disease as physical and explicable in scientific terms
• B) the rejection of the hospital as the setting within which to treat serious illnesses
• C) the rapid increase in malpractice suits that question the expertise of the medical profession
• D) the inclusion of self-taught healers

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Communication expressed through body language, facial expressions, gestures, posture, and other physical behaviors rather than words.

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