Medical Delay

question 56

Multiple Choice

Medical delay

• A) is more likely in cases where the diagnosis is not serious.
• B) is more likely when symptoms are acute in nature.
• C) is unrelated to the diagnostic process.
• D) accounts for at least 30% of all delay behaviours.
• E) is more likely when symptoms deviate from the practitioner's disease prototype.

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