The Authors Recommend the Testing of a Behavioral Change Contract

question 9

Multiple Choice

The authors recommend the testing of a behavioral change contract which makes the costs and benefits of continuing behaviors harmful to health explicit and which physicians ask patients to sign. This suggests that patients' signatures would be needed in order to:

• A) Ensure that patients understand the consequences of not partnering with the physicians to improve their health.
• B) Protect the physician against any liabilities or quality measures which suggests that the physician did not apply practice quality guidelines
• C) To make explicit to the patient the health risks associated with failing to participate in the partnership
• D) a and b
• E) b and c
• F) All of the above
• G) None of the above

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Definitions:

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

A group of lung diseases that block airflow and make it difficult to breathe, often caused by long-term exposure to irritants.

Myocardial Infarction

A medical term for a heart attack, resulting from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die.

Continuous Cardiac Monitoring

The ongoing process of tracking the heart's activity to detect any abnormalities or changes in heart rhythm.

COPD

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, a group of lung conditions that cause breathing difficulties including emphysema and chronic bronchitis.