Regarding physician contacts with the patient's relatives or friends, the physician should generally
A. Talk to family and friends first for collateral history.
B. Agree to withhold from the patient information gained from collateral sources.
C. Suspend the usual practice of physician-patient confidentiality when imminent dangerousness is present
D. Withhold from the patient information learned from collateral sources.
E. Disclose the content of the interview to concerned family members, even in the absence of an emergency
Answer: C. Suspend the usual practice of physician-patient confidentiality when imminent dangerousness is present
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