Seriously Ill Patients Who Cannot Be Quickly Diagnosed or Adequately

question 379

Multiple Choice

Seriously ill patients who cannot be quickly diagnosed or adequately treated in the physician's office are sent:

• A)to a hospital.
• B)to a consultant.
• C)to a hospice.
• D)home.

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Definitions:

Behavior Therapy

A therapeutic approach focused on changing negative behaviors into positive ones through reinforcement and conditioning techniques.

Undesired Behavior

Behavior that is considered unacceptable or inappropriate by society, an individual, or a specific group.

Token-economy System

A behavioral modification technique based on systematic reinforcement, using tokens as conditional reinforcement that can be exchanged for desired rewards.

Partial Reinforcement

A conditioning schedule in which a reward is not provided every time the desired behavior is performed, leading to more resistant learned behaviors.