Question 105 · LEK · Informing about health status
Having reviewed the results of the ordered laboratory tests, the physician informs the patient about the diagnosis which is unfavourable for him/her. The patient interrupts the physician and asks him to stop as he does not want to hear about his diagnosis any more. Under these circumstances, the physician should:
- A. refrain from informing the patient, because he is legally exempt from this duty if the patient requests so.
- B. continue with his duty of informing the patient, as it is the condition for the patient’s granting or denying his informed consent to treatment procedures.
- C. persuade the patient to continue listening about the diagnosis, as the doctor is obliged to provide him/her with all the available information about his/her health condition.
- D. pass the information about the patient’s condition to the person authorised by the patient.
- E. call a medical council composed of three physicians, including at least two specialists in the field which the diagnosis concerns, and pass health information to the patient in a broader circle.
Hint
Patients have a right to know, but the law also recognises the opposite right - what happens when the patient asks the doctor to stop?
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