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A Nurse on the Behavioral Health Unit Is Caring for a Client

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A nurse on the behavioral health unit is caring for a client diagnosed with depression who just lost a spouse in a motor vehicle crash. The client states to the nurse, "My wife would not have wanted to live if she were disabled." Based on this statement, which defense mechanism is the client using?


Definitions:

Nonrival

A good or service is nonrival if its consumption by one individual does not reduce its availability to others.

Nonexcludable

A characteristic of public goods: Once a good is produced, no one can be excluded from enjoying its benefits.

Marginal Social Benefit

The additional gain to society as a whole from consuming or producing one more unit of a good or service.

Marginal Social Cost

The additional cost imposed on society as a whole by producing one extra unit of a good or service.

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