Behavior Sciences Scenario

[speedyk]

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Looking through 1st Aid (this isn't based on a practice test question) I see that you should let parents decide what they tell their kids when the kid is the patient.

But what if that requires you actively lying to a 17 year old who is asking you questions? Do you just say "ask your parents?"

(If I am not clear, say the parents told the patient he will walk again one day the kid asks you how soon he will be walking but he is hopelessly paralyzed.)

 

[Torquer]

From what ive understood from my first pass of BS is that reactions in real life scenarios are different from the way you're expected to think in BS questions.

In this regard i think the doctor cant lie, but the ideal response would involve trying to convince parents to sit with their son in the presence of a doctor (you) and explain the issue.

 

[SlaveOfTCMC]

HY BS has this scenario.

If the parents do not want you tell their child about the disease, but the child wants to know more...

You have to ask "What have your parents told you about the disease?"

If that choice is not there, find an answer that straddles around not telling the child and ultimately respecting the parents' wishes.

 

[speedyk]

Sounds good, thanks all.