Consider performing health history

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Consider performing a health history on someone that may not be able to provide you with answers, such as an infant, child, an elderly person, a developmentally disabled individual, or patients who speak a language you do not know. What strategies would you employ to obtain a complete health history? Provide a rationale for why you think these strategies would be effective.

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