Question 15 · LDEK · Physician's ethical obligations
According to the Polish Code of Medical Ethics the dentist while carrying out their professional duties:
- A. is allowed to differentiate patients with respect to their material status.
- B. should respect patients regardless of their age, race, nationality, material status and other circumstances.
- C. is allowed to decide on the quality of treatment and therapies differentiating patients with respect to their age.
- D. is allowed to differentiate patients with respect to their race and the color of their skin.
- E. there are no bioethical indications with respect to the dentist - patient relations.
Hint
The Code of Medical Ethics allows patients to be treated differently on only one kind of grounds.
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