When Patients Ask a Family Member to Remain with Them

question 3

True/False

When patients ask a family member to remain with them in a treatment room, this implies that they have given permission for the doctor and/or staff to discuss their condition in front of the family member.

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Definitions:

Autonomous Thinking

Independent thinking that is not influenced by others' opinions or beliefs; self-directed reasoning.

Heteronomous Thinking

A stage in cognitive development where children believe that rules are unchangeable and given by authority, typically associated with Jean Piaget's moral development stages.

Preconventional Moral Thought

The first stage in Kohlberg's theory of moral development, where behavior is influenced by the consequences of actions, including punishment and reward.

Immanent Justice

Piaget’s concept of the childhood expectation that if a rule is broken, punishment will be meted out immediately.