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Functionalist perspective on illness
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Explain how elements of sick role and the role of gatekeepers to the sick relate to the functionalist perspective.
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The solution discusses and defines functionalism and its relationship to illness and the patient. The text contains 167 words.
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In general, functionalism seeks to explain behavior by assuming that everyone does things for a reason. Or put another way, functionalism expects that all human behavior is motivated by a drive to obtain something for the self.
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