Which of the following, if any, are legitimate interventions for transitioning an adolescent to an autonomous adult health-care consumer?
1. Involving the adolescent in providing some of his own medical history.
2. Having the adolescent make his own appointments and make sure he doesn't run out of his asthma medicines.
3. Discussing the results of his laboratory tests with the adolescent before informing his parents.
4. All of the above
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1. Appropriate care should allow for the adolescent to speak on his/her own behalf.
2. The adolescent is not of an age to make his/her own appointments. This is a required task of a legal guardian.
3. The information should be shared with the parents and the adolescent at the same time.
4. All of these are appropriate, but should be discussed with the adolescent and his parents before implementation. They need to know rationale and any limitations/backup plans.
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