When a labor and delivery nurse tells a coworker that an Asian client probably did not want any pain medication because "Asian women typically are stoic," the nurse is expressing a belief known as what?
A) Stigma
B) Ethnic slur
C) Bias
D) Stereotype
Ans: D
Stereotypes are preconceived and untested beliefs about people. Ethnic slur refers to a statement made about another according to their ethnicity; stigma refers to social disapproval; bias refers to an inability to view someone or something without being objective.
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