Before referring to a female patient as Miss or Mrs., the medical assistant should:
A. ask the patient is she is married.
B. check the demographic sheet in the patient's chart for marital status.
C. call the patient by her first name instead.
D. always call the patient Miss.
E. none of the above.
ANSWER: B
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