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Through Testing, a Patient Learns of a Genetic Disease That

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Through testing, a patient learns of a genetic disease that he has inherited from his parents yet none of his other siblings have inherited the same disease. The patient tells the nurse that he always believed his parents "didn't want him" and now he has proof. Which of the following should the nurse counsel this patient?


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Spatial Equivalence

The conceptual or practical similarity in the spatial arrangement or dimensionality between two or more structures or processes.

Mental Rotation

The mental capacity to manipulate the imagery of both 2D and 3D objects by rotating them within one's imagination.

Empirical Findings

Results or data gathered through observation and experimentation.

Dual Code Hypothesis

A theory suggesting that visual and verbal information are processed and stored in the brain through two distinct systems.

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