Test Bank - Introduction to Medical-Surgical Nursing, 6th Edition (Linton, 2016), Chapter 1-57 | All Chapters
1. A patient has been diagnosed with alcoholism. A nurse tells him that he has a physical illness with a genetic predisposition to alcoholism, and the only effective treatment is total abstinence from alcohol. This type of approach characterizes which theory? a. Biologic b. Behavioral c. Sociocultural d. Intrapersonal ANS: A The biologic approach is based on the theory that there is a faulty physiologic process that causes a predisposition to an addiction. This theory includes the belief that such an addition is incurable and only total abstinence will be effective
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