Kathy Is Responsible for Orienting a New Medical Assistant to the Practice

question 59

Essay

Kathy is responsible for orienting a new medical assistant to the practice. Summarize the important points about government regulation of controlled substance prescriptions that she should include in the orientation.

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Definitions:

Ethnic Matching

The practice of pairing clients with therapists who share the same ethnic or cultural background, believed to improve therapy outcomes.

Cross-Cultural Treatment

Approaches and strategies in healthcare, psychology, or counseling that consider and respect differences across cultures in the delivery of services.

Ethnicity

A category of identity based on shared cultural traditions, language, history, and sometimes physical traits.

Unified Protocol

A cognitive-behavioral therapy approach that is transdiagnostic, focusing on a range of emotional disorders.