A Patient Returned to the Hospital for the Fourth Time

question 4

Multiple Choice

A patient returned to the hospital for the fourth time in less than a week complaining of diabetes-related complications. Talk begins at the nurses' station regarding whether the patient should receive treatment, since it is his fault because he has never filled the prescription given to him for his diabetes. What is the term for the nurses' behaviour?  

• A)racism  
• B)language of violence  
• C)victim blaming  
• D)non-maleficence

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