After a physician discusses cancer treatment options with a patient, the patient asks the nurse which treatment he should choose. Which response by the nurse is best?
1) "If I were you, I'd choose chemotherapy."
2) "You should choose radiation therapy."
3) "Why don't you see what your wife thinks."
4) "I'll give you some information about each option."
ANS: 4
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