A patient tells the nurse, "You better take good care of me or I'll sue you using the precedent established in Wyatt v. Stickney." The nurse can interpret this as
a. intellectualization.
b. concern about rights to adequate treatment.
c. a warning about being coerced into treatment.
d. a request for immediate discharge from the facility.
B
Wyatt v. Stickney was a case in which the court ruled that patients had the right to adequate treatment while hospitalized. Intellectualizing is a defense mechanism. Right to refuse treatment and commitment issues were not the focus of Wyatt v. Stickney.
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