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Which goal has priority for a patient with anorexia nervosa undergoing nutritional stabilization?
 
  a. Schedules meals appropriately
  b. Eats 100 of each meal served
  c. Selects food items from a menu
  d. Prepares food under supervision

Question 2

The spouse of a patient recently diagnosed with cancer asks, What do you think about the relationship of stress and the development of cancer? My spouse has been under a huge amount of stress at work, and now they've diagnosed cancer..
 
  The answer that best reflects the current thinking about psychoneuroimmunolo gy is: a. It's thought that the immune system is negatively affected by high stress..
  b. The research hasn't been focused directly on the link between cancer and stress..
  c. Your spouse's situation may reflect a coincidence. There is little concrete evidence that stress makes one prone to physical illness..
  d. Grief and depression are known to cause physical illness, but other types of stress have not been implicated as illness producers..



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Answer to Question 1

B
The first goal is that the patient is able to eat meals that are served. Only then may the patient assume some control over scheduling of meals and food selection. Finally, the patient can shop for food and prepare it under supervision.

Answer to Question 2

A
Natural killer cells, which are believed to play a role in tumor surveillance and the control of viral infections, seem to decrease with increasing levels of stress.



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