One Ethical Question Raised by the Use of Managed Care

question 92

Multiple Choice

One ethical question raised by the use of managed care is

• A) prognosis definitions.
• B) diagnosis criteria.
• C) DSM classifications.
• D) how much to provide to the managed care company.

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Definitions:

Single-Subject

A research design focusing on the responses of one subject to document and analyze the effects of certain variables or interventions.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process in which the likelihood of a behavior's occurrence is increased or decreased through reinforcement or punishment, respectively, introduced by B.F. Skinner.

Deterministic

The philosophical view that all events, including moral choices, are completely determined by previously existing causes.

Conscious Free Will

The concept that individuals have the ability to make choices and decisions consciously and voluntarily.