All of the Following Are Part of the Total Patient

question 71

Multiple Choice

All of the following are part of the total patient delay in seeking medical care except:

• A)appraisal delay
• B)illness delay
• C)behavioural delay
• D)medical delay
• E)physician delay

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Definitions:

Language Acquisition

The process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive, produce, and understand language, usually occurring in early childhood.

Nuclear Families

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