If a Patient Does Not Make the Decisions Regarding Health-Related

question 117

Multiple Choice

If a patient does not make the decisions regarding health-related issues, what most accurately reflects how that patient can perform routine health care management?​

• A) ​The patient can only perform management which s/he decided.
• B) ​The patient can comply with treatments decided by physicians.
• C) ​The patient who cannot make decisions can do no management.
• D) ​The patient must let decision-maker(s) perform all management.

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Definitions:

Ordinal Data

A type of categorical data where the categories have a natural order or sequence but the intervals between the categories are not necessarily uniform.

Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test

A nonparametric statistical test that compares two independent samples to assess whether their population mean ranks differ.

Independent Samples

Sets of data collected from distinct, non-overlapping populations.

Parametric Tests

Statistical tests that assume the underlying data distributions fit certain parameters, such as being normally distributed.