Discerning whether a patient's description of the chief complaint and the medical assistant's own observations support the beliefs of the patient about what is wrong is an example of ________.

A. identifying confusion in a patient's perceptions
B. differentiating fact from opinion
C. convincing a patient to accept the assistant's judgment
D. determining that the patient is lying


Answer: B

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