A. Physicians serve as “gatekeepers” for the sick role either verifying a patient’s condition as “illness” or designating the patient as “recovered”
B. Patients play an active role in health care by failing to follow a physician’s advice
C. Multinational corporations based in industrialized countries have reaped significant profits by “dumping” unapproved drugs on unsuspecting Third World countries
D. The designation “healthy ” or “ill” generally involves social definition by others