One of the main elements of Western biomedicine is surgery. What do you know about the origin of surgery and some technological milestones in surgery?

What will be an ideal response?

First practiced by early Egyptians and Peruvians some 6,000 years ago. First coronary bypass was performed in 1951, and the first heart transplant was performed in 1967 . Surgery and drugs are the primary attempts to cure or treat illness in Western medicine.

Psychology

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How does the development of self-concept, self-esteem, and identity proceed during adolescence?

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If an employer wanted to prevent employees, who might be dissatisfied with a new policy, from developing even stronger negative attitudes towards this policy, what could he do?

a. Encourage employees to discuss the new policy with one another. b. Allow employees to express their frustrations with the policy. c. Try to prevent the employees from discussing the new policy with one another. d. Provide incentives for good performance.

Psychology