A contemporary view of the sick role includes
a. patient as partner with the health care provider.
b. patient as submissive to the health care provider.
c. patient noncompliant with the health care provider.
d. moving away from cultural values when making health care decisions.
ANS: A
A
A contemporary view of the sick role includes partnering with patients in making health care decisions.
B
Patient as submissive to health care provider is a paternalistic perspective.
C
Patients are expected to want to get well, and the patient who wants to get well will comply with the prescribed treatment.
D
All health care needs to be culturally sensitive.
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