Health Professionals Should Be Attentive to Possible Biases in Expectation

question 3

Multiple Choice

Health professionals should be attentive to possible biases in expectation about pain responses and behaviour in men and women because typically,they assume men are

• A)dramatizing their pain
• B)minimizing their pain
• C)implementing more coping strategies than women
• D)misusing the health care system
• E)malingering

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Definitions:

Compassion

The emotional response to another's pain or suffering, involving an authentic desire to help.

Absolutism

A deontological theory (also called nonconsequentialism) that emphasizes duties or rules; what’s morally right applies to everyone.

Teleological Ethics

Ethics that are value based.

Objective Rules

Standards or principles that are based on facts and are impartial, ensuring equal treatment and fairness.