Knowledge from the social sciences is used in pulmonary rehabilitation programming for mainly what purpose?
1. To determine the impact of the disability on the patient or family
2. To quantify the extent of physiological impairment due to disease
3. To establish ways to improve the patient's quality-of-life
a. 1 and 2 only
b. 2 and 3 only
c. 1 and 3 only
d. 1, 2, and 3
ANS: C
Application of the social sciences is helpful in determining the psychological, social, and voca-tional impact of the disability on the patient and family and in establishing ways to improve the patient's quality-of-life.
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