Question 57 · LDEK · Duty to provide medical assistance and withdrawal from treatment
The conditions of admissibility to discontinue therapy of a patient by a doctor include:
1) prior enough notice of the discontinuation given to the patient or his/her statutory representative or actual custodian;
2) indicating realistic possibilities of obtaining the service from another doctor or another medical centre;
3) consulting the intention to discontinue therapy with another doctor;
4) obtaining consent of the superior, if the doctor performs their profession under contract and there are important reasons to discontinue therapy;
5) duty to justify and register this fact in medical documentation.
The correct answer is:
2) indicating realistic possibilities of obtaining the service from another doctor or another medical centre;
3) consulting the intention to discontinue therapy with another doctor;
4) obtaining consent of the superior, if the doctor performs their profession under contract and there are important reasons to discontinue therapy;
5) duty to justify and register this fact in medical documentation.
The correct answer is:
- A. 1,2,3.
- B. 1,2,3,5.
- C. 1,2,4,5.
- D. 1,2,3,4.
- E. 2,3,4,5.
Hint
Withdrawal from treatment is regulated in the Act on the Professions of Physician and Dentist; check which listed conditions it actually requires.
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