Choose the best description of the health care framework of paternalism
A) The physician holds the role of the father, the nurse is the mother, and the client is the child.
B) The client and health care professional share in determining the options and selecting the best choice for that person.
C) The balance of authority in decision making shifts away from the provider to the user of health care services, and the client is clearly in control of choices among available options.
D) Interventions depend on the ability of the community health nurse to relinquish decision-making control to the community client and to trust its ability to make responsible decisions.
Ans: A
Paternalism is where the physician holds the role of the father, the nurse is the mother, and the client is the child. Contractualism occurs when the client and health care professional share in determining the options and selecting the best choice for that person. Consumerism occurs when the balance of authority in decision making shifts away from the provider to the user of health care services and the consumer is clearly in control of choices among available options. Community health interventions depend on the ability of the community health nurse to relinquish decision-making control to the community and to trust its ability to make responsible decisions.
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