According to Your Book, All of the Following Are Common

question 30

Multiple Choice

According to your book, all of the following are common reasons for not telling the family about a medical mistake except. Which is NOT a reason commonly given?

• A) "I don't subscribe to medical malpractice insurance."
• B) "No permanent harm was done."
• C) "The family will just feel worse if they know."
• D) "It didn't make a difference. The patient would have died anyway."

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Definitions:

Novel Stimuli

New or unfamiliar objects or events that evoke a response from an organism.

Habituated

The process by which an organism becomes accustomed to a repeated stimulus over time and gradually stops responding to it.

Visual Acuity

The clarity or sharpness of vision, often measured by the ability to discern letters or numbers at a standardized distance according to a visual acuity chart.

Small-For-Date

A term used to describe babies who are born with a weight lower than the normal range for their gestational age.