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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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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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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.
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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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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