______________________Is a Description of the Patient's Illness from the Initial

question 17

Multiple Choice

______________________is a description of the patient's illness from the initial sign or symptom in previous encounters and to those symptoms that lead up to the present encounter for the patient.

• A) Chief complaint
• B) Discharge instructions
• C) Review of systems
• D) Medical decision-making
• E) History of present illness

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Definitions:

Prejudice

Preconceived opinion not based on reason or actual experience; bias or discrimination against certain groups.

Stereotypes

Oversimplified generalizations about groups of people that may lead to assumptions and judgments without regard for individual differences.

Stereotype

A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

Ethnocentrism

The belief that one’s ethnic group is more normal than others; an emotional source of prejudice because of people’s gut-level feelings about how right their group is—and, in turn, how wrong they think other groups are.