We first note that the civic culture model was essentially based on the surveys in the United States and Great Britain, two stable first-wave democracies of the West. In these two nations, stability and effective performance were considered the overriding concerns of their democratic rule.
A lung biopsy is done to: 1  Diagnose certain lung conditions, such as sarcoidosis or pulmonary fibrosis. 2  In rare cases, a lung biopsy may be done for severe pneumonia, especially if the diagnosis is not clear. 3  Diagnose suspected lung cancer.
These include people with either very low risk of cancer or people who have such a high risk of cancer that they are probably going to go to surgery no matter what a biopsy shows, she said. Also, people so frail that they couldn't withstand lung cancer treatment should not have a biopsy, Wiener said.