Question 67 · LDEK · Duty to provide medical assistance and withdrawal from treatment
Is the dentist allowed to refer to the clause of conscience in the case of activities that they cannot accept because of their professed values, beliefs or confessed faith?
- A. no, because existing regulations do not mention dentists.
- B. no, the clause of conscience concerns medical doctors only.
- C. no, the clause of conscience concerns medical doctors and nurses only.
- D. no, the clause of conscience concerns medical doctors and paramedics only.
- E. yes, the clause of conscience concerns all doctors, including dentists.
Hint
Remember that the professions act applies its provisions on physicians correspondingly to dentists.
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