Groups in which there is a tendency to split the authority and include avoidance, absenteeism, and resignation are in which of Bion's unconscious assumptions?
a. Dependency
b. Social defense
c. Pairing
d. Fight-flight
D
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a. changes in health care treatments c. decline in number of physicians b. changes in reimbursement rates d. decline in hospital rates
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