A Patient's Initial Reaction to Being Told She Has a Sexually

question 142

Multiple Choice

A patient's initial reaction to being told she has a sexually transmitted infection (STI) is to insist that the nurse made a mistake with the test.The defense mechanism that BEST explains this behavior is:

• A) intellectualization.
• B) repression.
• C) denial.
• D) displacement.

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