A Physician in the Clinic Is Frequently Bothered When Patients

question 12

Multiple Choice

A physician in the clinic is frequently bothered when patients arrive late for appointments.The physician is so irritated by this behavior that he often finds it hard to provide appropriate care to these individuals.What should he do first in trying to overcome this difficulty?

• A) Identify the meaning of health to the patient.
• B) Understand that these cultural practices are helpful to the patient.
• C) Allow the patients to arrive late and build this into his schedule.
• D) Examine his own culturally based values, beliefs, attitudes, and practices.

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