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A Patient with End-Stage Liver Disease Who Is to Undergo

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A patient with end-stage liver disease who is to undergo a liver transplant tells the nurse, "I have a friend who has already rejected two kidney transplants. I am concerned that I will reject this liver." The nurse's best response to the patient is


A) "Perhaps your friend did not have a good tissue match with the kidney transplants."
B) "You would not be scheduled for a transplant if there was a concern about rejection."
C) "The problem of rejection is not as common in liver transplants as in kidney transplants."
D) "It is easier to get a good tissue match with liver transplants than with kidney transplants."

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