For Many Years, Patients with Peptic Ulcers Were Told That

Multiple Choice

For many years, patients with peptic ulcers were told that stress was responsible-until scientists discovered it was not, and the bacterium Helicobacter pylori was responsible for the majority of cases. This relates to which component of conceptualizing disease described by Leventhal?

A) The consequences of a disease
B) The determination of causality
C) The controllability of a disease
D) The time line for the treatment