When taking a history, you should
A)ask patients to give you any information they can recall about their health.
B)start the interview with the patient's family history.
C)use a chronologic and sequential framework.
D)use a holistic and eclectic structure.
E)start the interview with the social history.

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To give structure to the present problem or chief concern, the provider should proceed in a chronologic and sequential framework. Asking patients to give you any information they can recall about their health and using a holistic and eclectic structure do not provide for structure. Starting the interview with the patient's family history and with the social history are incorrect because gathering data about the chief concern is the initial step.

When Taking a History, You Should