Your patient denies difficulty breathing, but displays signs of respiratory distress. You state, "I know that you said you are breathing fine, but you cannot speak more than two to three words at a time without gasping for air." Your response is an example of:

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Confrontation is the act of pointing out discrepancies between verbal and nonverbal behavior. In this scenario, the patient is displaying signs of respiratory distress but denying difficulty breathing, so the provider is confronting the patient's words with their observable behavior.

Your Patient Denies Difficulty Breathing, but Displays Signs of Respiratory