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Eliot Friedson believes that

    { 1 } - drug addiction is a disease.
    { 2 } - no conditions that are called illnesses by contemporary society can be determined by objective criteria that are transcultural.
    { 3 } - all conditions that are called illnesses by contemporary society can be determined by objective criteria that are transcultural.
    { 4 } - some definitions of illness are currently used to cover conditions that are only analogously diseases.
    { 5 } - alcoholism is a disease.

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Eliot Friedson believes that

    { 1 } - drug addiction is a disease.
    { 2 } - no conditions that are called illnesses by contemporary society can be determined by objective criteria that are transcultural.
    { 3 } - all conditions that are called illnesses by contemporary society can be determined by objective criteria that are transcultural.
    { 4 } - some definitions of illness are currently used to cover conditions that are only analogously diseases.
    { 5 } - alcoholism is a disease.

Thomas Szasz, whom Friedson quotes with approval, says it is not a disease but a personal preference. Do you agree? Why? See p. 30.

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2 is wrong. Please try again.

Eliot Friedson believes that

    { 1 } - drug addiction is a disease.
    { 2 } - no conditions that are called illnesses by contemporary society can be determined by objective criteria that are transcultural.
    { 3 } - all conditions that are called illnesses by contemporary society can be determined by objective criteria that are transcultural.
    { 4 } - some definitions of illness are currently used to cover conditions that are only analogously diseases.
    { 5 } - alcoholism is a disease.

Even Friedson would agree that conditions such as broken bones can be determined as illnesses by objective transcultural criteria. See p. 31.

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3 is wrong. Please try again.

Eliot Friedson believes that

    { 1 } - drug addiction is a disease.
    { 2 } - no conditions that are called illnesses by contemporary society can be determined by objective criteria that are transcultural.
    { 3 } - all conditions that are called illnesses by contemporary society can be determined by objective criteria that are transcultural.
    { 4 } - some definitions of illness are currently used to cover conditions that are only analogously diseases.
    { 5 } - alcoholism is a disease.

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4 is correct!

Eliot Friedson believes that

    { 1 } - drug addiction is a disease.
    { 2 } - no conditions that are called illnesses by contemporary society can be determined by objective criteria that are transcultural.
    { 3 } - all conditions that are called illnesses by contemporary society can be determined by objective criteria that are transcultural.
    { 4 } - some definitions of illness are currently used to cover conditions that are only analogously diseases.
    { 5 } - alcoholism is a disease.

For example, what used to be called sin, crime, degeneracy, and even poverty, is today being called illness by some. See p. 30.

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5 is wrong. Please try again.

Eliot Friedson believes that

    { 1 } - drug addiction is a disease.
    { 2 } - no conditions that are called illnesses by contemporary society can be determined by objective criteria that are transcultural.
    { 3 } - all conditions that are called illnesses by contemporary society can be determined by objective criteria that are transcultural.
    { 4 } - some definitions of illness are currently used to cover conditions that are only analogously diseases.
    { 5 } - alcoholism is a disease.

Thomas Szasz, whom Friedson quotes with approval, says it is not a disease but a personal preference. Do you agree? Why? See p. 30.

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