Why has the medical model been deeply unsatisfying for most nurses?
A) While the medical model addresses the needs of individual patients, the needs of a
community and society are overlooked.
B) The medical model requires the nurse to assume a subordinate status to the physician.
C) The medical model tends to focus on disease or infirmity.
D) Nurses had minimal input into the medical model and therefore the needs of nurses were
overlooked.
C
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