A physician recruiting his patients
<span>In deferential vulnerability the authority over the prospective subject is due to informal power relationships rather than formal hierarchies. The power relationship may be based on gender, race, or class inequalities, or they can be inequalities in knowledge (such as in the doctor-patient relationship). Like institutional vulnerability, deferential vulnerability increases the risk of harm that informed consent would be compromised because it is not fully voluntary.</span>
Answer: Checks and Balances System
The civil service system contributes to the well-functioning of the government, but does nothing to prevent abuses of power.
The spoils system is a practice where the winning party in an election gives civil service jobs to its supporters. This undermines the prevention of the arbitrary use of power.
The separation of powers contributes to limit the power one section of the government has, but it does not necessarily forge consensus.
<em>The checks and balances system, however, prevents the arbitrary use of power by allowing all powers to check on each other. It also fosters cooperation on divisive issues.
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