The nurse realizes that the following is true regarding illness and self-concept?
a. Illness has little effect on self-concept in the well-developed individual.
b. The same illness has the same effect on all individuals.
c. Conditions that cause a change in body image are the only illnesses that affect self-concept.
d. Society puts a stigma on certain types of illnesses.
ANS: D
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