Which of the Following Statements Made by a Patient Reflects

question 18

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements made by a patient reflects that the patient understands the relationship between the gate control theory of pain and the use of meditation to relieve pain?

• A) "Meditation controls pain by blocking pain impulses from coming through the gate."
• B) "Meditation will help me sleep through the pain because it opens the gate."
• C) "Meditation stops the occurrence of pain stimuli."
• D) "Meditation alters the chemical composition of pain neuroregulators, which closes the gate."

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Definitions:

Price-taker Industry

An industry in which individual firms have no control over the price of their product; they "take" the market price as given.

Long-run Equilibrium

A state in which all factors of production and costs are variable, and firms no longer have any incentives to enter or exit the market, resulting in an optimal allocation of resources.

Marginal Cost

The increase in cost resulting from the production of one additional unit of a good or service.