Which of the Following Help Explain Why Hospital Care Is

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which of the following help explain why hospital care is often depersonalized?

• A) Patients are often unable to talk when they enter the hospital.
• B) Health care workers often derive much of their data about patients from machines, rather than by interacting directly with their patients.
• C) Hospital schedules often don't reflect the natural rhythms of sick patients.
• D) all of the above
• E) a and a only

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