Question 103 · LDEK · Quality and methods of treatment
In the GDP office, which provides services within the individual medical practice, a patient shows up regularly once a month and demands extraction of all teeth that hurt, although the dentist does not find the objective cause of such pain. The dentist should in such circumstances:
- A. agree to the patient’s request, because he is a rightful partner in the relation dentist-patient and can demand from the dentist fulfilment of his treatment conception.
- B. agree to the patient’s request, because when providing private services, he is obliged follow the wishes of the patient.
- C. patiently explain each time to the patient irrationality of such demand, thus delaying the final decision.
- D. disagree with the patient’s request and not perform such procedure in fear of being held accountable by the patient, who might change his mind after treatment.
- E. disagree with the patient’s request and not perform such procedure, because medical reasons do not justify such intervention.
Hint
Autonomy lets a patient refuse treatment, but does it oblige the dentist to perform procedures without medical indications?
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