An Expanded Problem-Focused History Requires All of the Following Elements

question 89

Multiple Choice

An expanded problem-focused history requires all of the following elements EXCEPT:

• A) chief complaint (CC).
• B) history of present illness (HPI).
• C) review of systems (ROS).
• D) past, family, and social history (PFSH).

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Definitions:

Internal Causes

Reasons or factors that originate within an individual or system, leading to certain outcomes or behaviors.

External Causes

Factors or conditions outside of an individual's control that impact events or outcomes, often used in analyzing behaviors or situations.

Self-Serving Bias

The tendency to attribute one’s successes to internal causes and one’s failures to external causes.

Carl Jung

A Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology and contributed significantly to the understanding of the human psyche.