OK. So I come loaded with a few tricky questions for all you budding professional ethicists out there. Hope someone could help.
Q1. Child abuse - role of physician. What if the question has 2 options - "admit the child" (in view of imminent danger to his health) and "call Child Protective Services". Which one would you choose? I remember Dr. Daugherty saying isolation of child to a safe environment is of paramount importance but a question in Fischer's book chose "call Child Services".
Q2. Malpractice. What if a surgery was performed successfully with no post-op complications but the patient read somewhere later that a viable medical option was available which he wasn't informed about. Files a case. Will he win? (Even if no damage has been done? I remember somewhere from Dr. Fischer's book that damage should be done for a successful malpractice suit.)
Q3. (This one's corny.) One of the questions in Dr. Fischer's book suggests the following answer to a proposal from a patient - "We can maybe date later, when you've changed your doctor". That doesn't sound right now does it? He says a physician can date an ex-patient after a gap of 2 years but a Psychiatrist can never do that. That answer still doesn't make sense (I chose, no that can never happen.)
P.S. - I remember Dr. Daugherty saying that for the purpose of the exam, you can NEVER date your patient ever.
Let's have fun with these. 🙂 Anyone?
Q1. Child abuse - role of physician. What if the question has 2 options - "admit the child" (in view of imminent danger to his health) and "call Child Protective Services". Which one would you choose? I remember Dr. Daugherty saying isolation of child to a safe environment is of paramount importance but a question in Fischer's book chose "call Child Services".
Q2. Malpractice. What if a surgery was performed successfully with no post-op complications but the patient read somewhere later that a viable medical option was available which he wasn't informed about. Files a case. Will he win? (Even if no damage has been done? I remember somewhere from Dr. Fischer's book that damage should be done for a successful malpractice suit.)
Q3. (This one's corny.) One of the questions in Dr. Fischer's book suggests the following answer to a proposal from a patient - "We can maybe date later, when you've changed your doctor". That doesn't sound right now does it? He says a physician can date an ex-patient after a gap of 2 years but a Psychiatrist can never do that. That answer still doesn't make sense (I chose, no that can never happen.)
P.S. - I remember Dr. Daugherty saying that for the purpose of the exam, you can NEVER date your patient ever.
Let's have fun with these. 🙂 Anyone?
