Author Question: Which of the following may contribute to the paradox of health & illness discussed in this ... (Read 34 times)

viki · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

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