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According to the Catholic Church, under what circumstance is withholding food for the comfort of the patient a morally correct action?
- A. Withholding a patient's access to nourishment is never a correct action
- B. When giving the patient food provides a small but distinct benefit
- C. When the patient is in excruciating pain
- D. When nourishment no longer provides benefit for the patient
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Catholic doctrine allows withholding if it offers no benefit, prioritizing comfort.
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When encountering patients with misconceptions regarding insulin therapy for diabetes, how should the physician respond?
- A. Agree with the patient about insulin
- B. Reject patients' misconceptions directly
- C. Assure patients that their fears are based more on superstition than fact
- D. Clarify the role of insulin by highlighting cause and effect
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Clarifying insulin's role corrects misconceptions effectively while educating the patient in an evidence-based manner.
After the death of a spouse, an adult repeatedly says, I should have made him go to the doctor when he said he didn't feel well. This individual is experiencing:
- A. preoccupation with the image of the deceased.
- B. sensations of somatic distress.
- C. anger.
- D. guilt.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Guilt is evident by the bereaved persons self-reproach. Preoccupation refers to dwelling on images of the deceased. Somatic distress would involve bodily symptoms. Anger is not evident from data given in this scenario.
The sense of hearing is assessed using which standardized test?
- A. The Taylor test
- B. The Rinne test
- C. The Babinski test
- D. The APGAR test
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The Rinne test (B) assesses hearing by comparing air and bone conduction.
Social Learning Therapy with families should not be...
- A. Fun
- B. Full of laughter
- C. Enjoyable
- D. Dull
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: SLFT should engage families positively to reinforce learning, not be dull.
The psychosexual stage associated with maturity is
- A. Oral
- B. Anal
- C. Phallic
- D. Genital
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The genital stage (puberty onward) represents psychological and sexual maturity (Freud).