Question 66 · LDEK · Consent and treatment without consent
Does the dentist have the duty to obtain consent from a totally incapacitated patient for carrying on medical examinations?
- A. yes, if the patient is able to reasonably express their opinion about the examinations.
- B. yes, the dentist always has such a duty.
- C. yes, but only if the patient’s legal guardian expects the dentist to do so.
- D. no, the dentist only has to obtain the consent from the patient’s legal guardian.
- E. no, the dentist only has to obtain the consent from the patient’s actual guardian.
Hint
Incapacitation does not silence the patient; consider when his or her own consent to an examination is additionally needed.
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