Question 4 (part 2) · LEK · Medical confidentiality
A surgeon leaving the operating theatre meets a colleague. He performed surgery on the colleague’s wife a few days earlier. The colleague asks the surgeon about the wife’s health. The wife has not authorized the husband to receive information about her health. What should be done?
- A. the surgeon should ask for patience and schedule an appointment for the next day.
- B. the surgeon should share information about the wife’s health with his colleague.
- C. the surgeon should present the wife’s medical documentation and extensively discuss her health.
- D. the surgeon should extensively discuss the wife’s health after receiving authorization from the supervisor.
- E. the surgeon should not provide any information without the patient’s consent.
Hint
Consider whether being a spouse or a fellow physician changes who is entitled to information about an adult, competent patient.
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