One OB nurse remarks, "I don't see how these young single women can keep on having babies without being married. Everyone knows a child needs a father." This nurse is exhib-iting:
1. ethnocentrism.
2. moral uncertainty.
3. values clarification.
4. professional concern.
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Ethnocentricity is the belief that one's own culture and values are superior to those of others. Such statements are based on values clarification and perhaps on moral outrage.
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