Question 22 · LEK · Patient rights
A patient with her husband come to the gynaecologist’s office. The husband wants to be present at the examination. What should the doctor do?
1) they should allow the husband to be present at the examination because husband as a close person has the right to be present at the provision of health services;
2) if the patient does not give her clear consent to her husband’s presence, they should ask him to leave;
3) they may not allow the husband to be present at the provision of health services to his wife if they decide that the patient’s health safety is at stake;
4) they should let the husband assist because her silence should be interpreted as implicit consent;
5) regardless of circumstances and the patient’s will they should ask the husband to leave because the examination may violate the patient’s right to intimacy.
The correct answer is:
2) if the patient does not give her clear consent to her husband’s presence, they should ask him to leave;
3) they may not allow the husband to be present at the provision of health services to his wife if they decide that the patient’s health safety is at stake;
4) they should let the husband assist because her silence should be interpreted as implicit consent;
5) regardless of circumstances and the patient’s will they should ask the husband to leave because the examination may violate the patient’s right to intimacy.
The correct answer is:
- A. only 1.
- B. 2,3.
- C. 1,4.
- D. only 5.
- E. only 4.
Hint
Under the Patients' Rights Act, a close person's presence depends on the patient's wish, with a limited ground for the professional to refuse.
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