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education
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the social institution responsible for transmitting knowledge, skills, and cultural values in a formally organized structure
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functionally illiterate
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unable to read and/or write at the skill level necessary for carrying out everyday tasks
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tracking
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the practice of assigning students to specific courses and educational programs on the basis of their test scores, previous grades, or both.
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hidden curriculum
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how certain cultural values and attitudes, such as conformity, are transmitted through implied demands into the everyday rules and routines of schools
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disability
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a restricted or total lack of ability to perform certain activities as a result of physical limitations or the interplay of these limitations, scial responses, and the social environment
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deinstitutionalization
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the practice of discharging patients fom mental hospitals into community; blamed for increase of mentally ill homeless and prisoners
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social stress framework
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stresses associated with lower-class life lead to greater mental disorders
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social drift framework
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mental disorders cause ppl to drift downward in class position
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PPO (preferred provider organizations)
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doctors contract to treat insured patients for set fees
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HMO (health maintenance organization)
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total care for a set fo monthly fees with emphasis on prevention; patients can only use doctors/hospitals affiliated with their HMO
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Managed Care
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any system of cost containment that monitors doctors' decisions about procedurs, tests, and other services.
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medical-industrial complex
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all local physicians/hospitals as well as global health industries like pharmaceutical companies
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