The most important reason to share information and offer brief teaching while performing the physical examination is to help:
A)the examiner feel more comfortable and gain control of the situation.
B)build rapport and increase the patient's confidence in the examiner.
C)the patient understand his or her disease process and treatment modalities.
D)the patient identify questions about his or her disease and potential areas of patient education.

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Sharing of information builds rapport and increases the patient's confidence in you as an examiner.It also gives the patient a little more control in a situation in which it's easy to feel completely helpless.

The Most Important Reason to Share Information and Offer Brief