Chapter 5
______ is an ideology is rooted in the medical-industrial complex, which, like the military-industrial and prison-industrial complexes, is an intricate jumble.
Cure
Orthopedists
__________ is sustained by the labor of many people, ranging from doctors to nursing home administrators, nursing aides to psychiatrists, physical therapists to researchers, scientists to marketing directors.
Medical-Industrial Complex
What organization is mentioned in the text that frequently advertises the promise of a cure for muscular dystrophy?
Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA)
What products are designed to deal with the "trouble" of dark skin?
Skin bleaching
Much of the money raising is motivated by which emotion?
Eli Lilly petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (fda) to sell what?
Human Growth Hormone (HGH)
Who made a video that personified a condition as a villain?
Autism Speaks
What term is used in the reading to describe the perception of disease, infection, or chronic illness?
"The trouble"
Eflornithine was put back into production after they found out what?
It removed women's facial hair