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Kikoku

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A patient is scheduled for major surgery tomorrow morning. You ask the patient if he or she has any questions about the surgery. The patient says no and then proceeds to tell you about the activity in the stock market that day.
 
  You believe that this patient is displaying:
  A) Denial
  B) Transference
  C) Regression
  D) Splitting

Question 2

Mr. and Mrs. Close are a happily married couple in their 70s who have been together for 50 years. They present together at your clinic and seem reluctant to state their concern.
 
  In response to your observation about their uneasiness, Mr. Close tells you that they have been having difficulties with intercourse and don't know who to talk to. Our children think it is shameful that we still have sex at our ages, so we can't talk to them. You respond:
  A) I think your children have your best interest at heart.
  B) What do you think about people your age being sexual?
  C) It is perfectly normal to be intimate at any age. Here are some pamphlets about sexuality in later adult years.
  D) I wish more people thought as you do about sexuality



stillxalice

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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

C



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