A helper is working in a hospital with patients who have cancer. One of the patients states, “I think my family would be better off without me. I’ve been such a problem on all of them for the past ten years.” In this case, the helper’s best response would be:
a. to ask the client if he is thinking of killing himself.
b. to change the topic to something more cheery, so he does not feel so sad.
c. to give reasoning why it is not true that his family feels bothered.
d. to paraphrase what the client has said and then assure him that it is not true.
d. to paraphrase what the client has said and then assure him that it is not true.
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