Ethics Flashcards
Ptn with cough want to do a surgery and the surgeon refused, then Ptn threatened to report the doctor, want should you do
Report the ptn to the administration
Consultant ask resident to righ midication the the pharmacists said the ptn is allergic to penicillin, what to do
Refuse to write gently
Child brought to hospital with multiple bruises, what to do
Inform child protection services
Parents brought their child who was never vaccinated, what to do
Council them and convince thrm with its benifits
Ptn in labor with fetal distress, you counciled her about the need of CS but she refused, what to do
Inform hospital ethics committee
Ptn smoker with 2 previous normal children , doesn’t believe that smoking is harmful to the fetus, what to do
Council her and explain that it causes IUGR
Case of elderly ptn , the surgeon wants to do the procedure while the anesthesiologist refused and said ptn cant handle it, what to do
Sign high risk consent
Meningitis is suspected, son refused to give the father IV antibiotics, what to do
Ask the patient
Elderly with end stage cancer, his children asked you to give him the double effect principal treatment ( strong analgesic but migh shorten life span ) what type of decision to follow
Decision of children
Ptn asked about serogate pregnancy, what to do
Tell her its not allowed in your hospital and warn her that you think its not allowsed in this country
Doctor advised a postmenopausal woamn the HRT is not good for her age but the ptn insist what ot do
Refuse to give it
Couple came due to infertility issues, blood results are back and husban has HIV ,what to do
Inform both , or inform husband and goverment so they can inform the wife
Elderly ptn with abdominal pain and cant urinate what to do
Folly catherter
Baby with fetal congenital heart abnormalities that needs intubation to save his life , the mother is a physician at the same hospital and refused intubation what to do
Depend on the babys age. I think if more than 32 week then Do intubation anyway to save his life ( not sure )
40 years old ptn has to do amputation but he refused, what to do
Let him sign against medical advice
Girl came with child abuse, whats the proof
Hymen injury at 6 o’clock
Smoker pregnant woman lost her fetus and started blaming herself what to do
Calm her down and tell her we are still investigating
Ptn wants to take OCP
There must be a a mutual consentform both partners
6 years old gorls came with her mother to the clinic the girl is underweight and bad hyagine , the mother said its hard to look after all of her kids ans shes from low socioeconomic class , what to do
Call social worker service
Mother is worried about her asthmatic child so they dont leave the house be because the nebulizer works on electricity, what to do?
Advice her to buy portable nebulizer or educate her on using enhalers and stop nebulizer? Maybe it depends on the baby’s age
Asthmatic child always come to ER with asthma attack because the father is smoking and carless what to do
Call child care services ,Tell hospital committee ?
Couple came regarding surrogacy and you dont lnow if its allowed in the country, what to do
Give them another appointment and educate yourself anout it
Doctor brings all these together ( diagnosis, plan, parents thoughts) waht is it called
Summrization
Baby abnded by his mother was found in front of the hospital , after examination the baby found to have bi-inguinal hernia, from where to take consent
Consult hospital ethics committee
