A health care practitioner who practices the "four Cs of medical malpractice prevention" finds two important benefits related to one of the "Cs"—that is, improvement in patients' medical conditions and the decreased likelihood that they will sue. Which "C" is most likely to provide these benefits?

A. caring
B. communication
C. control
D. competence
E. charting


A. caring

There are two important benefits to showing patients a caring attitude. First is improvement in their medical condition. A secondary benefit is the decreased likelihood that patients will feel the need to sue if treatment has unsatisfactory results, or if adverse events occur. The practitioner should be sincere, because others often quickly sense insincerity.

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