If a competent patient refused treatment, but this treatment was given anyway, his cause of action would be ______.:
a. battery
b. negligence
c. false imprisonment
d. defamation
Ans: A
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1. Facilitator 2. Liaison 3. Coordinator 4. Negotiator
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