Important Principles to Consider When Counseling a Client with AIDS

question 44

Multiple Choice

Important principles to consider when counseling a client with AIDS include:

• A) setting priorities according to the client's wishes and needs.
• B) setting priorities according to research protocols.
• C) providing the client with all of the choices for HIV therapies, both proven and unproven.
• D) providing a list of significant changes for the client to make in lifestyle and food patterns.

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