CMS Fundamentals Practice Exam

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Which term is defined as protecting client rights and safety?
Correct Answer:
Advocacy
Explanation:
Protecting client rights and safety is about advocacy. Advocacy means actively supporting and defending clients, ensuring their rights are respected, voices are heard, and their safety is safeguarded within care systems. It involves helping them understand options, obtaining informed consent, protecting confidentiality, and connecting them with resources if risks arise. Autonomy is about the client's right to make their own decisions, which is related but not the act of safeguarding rights and safety. Beneficence focuses on promoting the client’s well-being, but not specifically the protective role. Veracity centers on truth-telling, which is important for trust, but it doesn’t inherently address protection of rights and safety.

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