Some students were setting up a health screening at a local community center in a lower socioeconomic class neighborhood. As they reviewed the need to screen for heart disease and cancer, one student asked,
"But colon cancer is prevalent; why aren't we setting up for sigmoidoscopy?" How might the instructor reply?
A. "A sigmoidoscopy is expensive to do and invasive."
B. "Can you find adequate privacy for a sigmoidoscopy?"
C. "What a great idea. Would you like to help arrange it?"
D. "Would you like to administer that test for the screening?"
ANS: A
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