You notice that your elderly patient has multiple bruises and minor skin tears on her arm after striking it on a doorway as she walked through it. You determine her injuries are likely due to:
A. her inability to take care of herself.
B. loss of elasticity and thickness of the skin.
C. liver spots or age spots on her arm.
D. self-abuse due to clinical depression.
Answer: B
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Why the penalties in civil law are almost completely monetary in nature?
a. Help the defendant appeal a guilty verdict b. Make the wronged person whole again c. To help the accused escape imprisonment d. none of these choices
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