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viki

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Which of the following may contribute to the paradox of health & illness
  discussed in this chapter?
 
  a. people live long enough to experience chronic diseases
  b. people tend to be reluctant to talk about their ill health
  c. people are less focused on a healthy lifestyle than they used to be
  d. people do not experience chronic diseases like they did in the past
  e. people get tired of filling out questionnaires, so they are not careful

Question 2

In Thompson and Pledger's (1993) study of the general public's knowledge of
  medical terms, they found that
 
  a. 90 of the patients were able to define all words correctly
  b. only 10 participants could define all 50 of the words
  c. there was not a single word that all participants could correctly define
  d. both a and b
  e. both b and c



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hugthug12

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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

e




viki

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Wow, this really help

 

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