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- 5. This means assisting in the death of a person suffering from an incurable disease.
- 7. ____ medicine is a medical care system in which the government owns and operates medical facilities and employs physicians.
- 9. This type of medicine emphasizes the prevention of illness and takes into account a person's entire physical and social environment.
- 11. ____ among African-Americans is almost three times the rate for whites, which explains why African-Americans have a shorter life expectancy.
- 13. According to Social-Conflict Theory, social ____ is seen as a direct link to patterns of health and illness.
- 14. This is the greatest preventable cause of death in the United States.
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- 1. ____ insurance plans are the most common programs used to pay for medical care in the United States today.
- 2. According to Talcott Parsons, this is a pattern of behavior defined as appropriate for people who are ill.
- 3. This chronic illness is the second most common cause of death today in the United States.
- 4. Eating disorders have a lot to do with how our society defines ____.
- 6. Social ____ is the study of how health and disease are distributed throughout a society's population.
- 8. Currently in the United States, there is a nursing ____.
- 10. The medical establishment in the United States is oriented toward ____ medicine.
- 12. ____ is defined as having a body mass index of 30 or higher.