Question 90 · LDEK · Quality and methods of treatment
A scientific society issued guidelines which set out the method of treatment of a certain disease. Six months later, the dentist read new scientific publications which explicitly indicated that specified in these guidelines treatment is harmful to patients. According to the Polish Code of Medical Ethics the dentists should:
- A. treat patients according to available medical knowledge against the guidelines.
- B. treat patients according to the guidelines until their revision.
- C. send such patients to clinical centers.
- D. refuse to treat until new guidelines appear.
- E. the Polish Code of Medical Ethics does not apply to such situations.
Hint
Consider whether guidelines or current reliable medical knowledge and the patient's good take priority under the Code.
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