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What best anchors plastic surgery?

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MCQ

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Topic

AA Britain: Health and the people: c1000 to the present day

Question

  1. A. plastic surgery is linked to c1000 to the present day.
  2. B. A claim about Part four: Modern medicine with no date or context.
  3. C. An opinion that ignores historical evidence.
  4. D. A conclusion that reverses cause and consequence.

Answer

Causation check: plastic surgery is linked to c1000 to the present day. is the best answer. It fits Part four: Modern medicine within AA Britain: Health and the people: c1000 to the present day and directly supports Study the impact of war and technology on surgery, including plastic surgery, blood transfusions, X-rays, transplant surgery, lasers, radiation therapy and keyhole. Check this by using trigger, background factor, short-term cause, long-term cause, result, impact; do not choose a distractor simply because it sounds historical.

Explanation

The correct option is plastic surgery is linked to c1000. This MCQ is about What best anchors plastic surgery, not just general recall. The correct option works because it matches the period context of Paper 2 Section A: Thematic studies and uses the same evidence base as Study the impact of war and technology on surgery, including plastic surgery, blood transfusions, X-rays, transplant surgery, lasers, radiation therapy and keyhole. The rejected options are weaker: 1) A claim about Part four: Modern medicine with no date or context.; 2) An opinion that ignores historical evidence.; 3) A conclusion that reverses cause and consequence.. To decide between them, students should separate, explain, weigh, link the option against chronology, evidence and the learning objective, then keep evidence separate from opinion and interpretation.

Common mistake

Avoid confusing plastic surgery

A common mistake is to write about plastic surgery as a general opinion, or to mix up cause, consequence, change and continuity in c1000 to the present day.

Anchor the answer to Part four: Modern medicine, use precise evidence, and state whether plastic surgery is a cause, consequence, change, continuity or significant development.

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