One study of older adults' abilities to provide informed consent found that cognitive scores were ______.
A. lower when the consent discussion was longer
B. able to be ascertained in one conversation
C. not a factor in the length of consent discussions
D. positively related to the length of physicians' visits
Answer: D
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