Your patient is scheduled to have a colonoscopy tomorrow in which a camera is inserted into the rectum to visualize the lower bowel

You ask him if he has any questions and he says, "No, the doctor explained the procedure and I signed the consent form. It sounds easy enough – all I have to do is stand in front of a machine for 1 minute and I'm all done." What would be an appropriate response?
A) "You've confused the colonoscopy with something else."
B) "You should likely not have signed that consent form."
C) "I doubt if this is how your doctor explained the procedure."
D) "This doesn't sound like the procedure for a colonoscopy. Let me ask the team leader to discuss this procedure with you."


D

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