Ethics Flashcards
If u have been cautioned by the police or involved in criminal offence
you should inform GMC
If u have fixed penalty notice
No need to inform GMC
If doctor is found to be HIV +ve
call occupational health
stage 4 breast cancer + agreed on NOt to resuscitate
then she eat hard sweet and developed chock
CPR with immediate life support as chocking isn’t a cause of death from breast cancer
A pt in a life-threatening situation and it is likely that she will die unless she receives appropriate treatment
she refuse ttt .
Common law is the framework that governs the emergency management of patients who refuse treatment
Both the Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act should not be used in emergency situations as they require formal assessments.
The patient’s friend gets very angry with you and is threatening to make a complaint. What do you do
Apologise for the delay and advise them of the complaints procedure
If the patient is uncomfortable with undergoing the examination without a chaperone, and it’s likely to be non-urgent in nature
you may offer to delay the examination to a later date when a suitable chaperone will be available, as long as the delay would not adversely affect the patients health.’
A pt gently pulls your arm and presses £50 into your hand. She says it’s a thank you for all your help
Explain you cannot accept such a gift but you appreciate the gesture
If the patient being violent, threatening you or being abusive or the patient having stolen from you or the premises
1-you must warn the patient you are considering ending the relationship and do what you can to restore the relationship.
2-If this fails you must explore alternatives to ending it and discuss the situation with an experienced colleague or your employer.
If you realise that something has gone wrong as missing dose of insulin
Discuss with your colleagues how you will ensure this doesn’t happen again and apologise to the pt and her family for the error
‘When you realise that something has gone wrong, and after doing what you can to put matters right, you or someone from the healthcare team must speak to the patient.’ You should then apologise to the patient.
U r FY1 and want to order skeletal survey for MM patient but your consultant see it’s not important
what to do?
Ask the consultant if you can phone haematology to get advice just in case
you are FY1 and diagnosed with MS
What to do?
Inform the occupational health service of your recent health issues
‘You must follow their advice about any changes to your practice they consider necessary.’
‘You must not rely on your own assessment of the risk to patients.’
If someone you have contact with in your professional role asks for your registered name and/or GMC reference number
you must give this information to them’
You cannot withhold this information.
The police approach you about information on a patient investigated for benefit and tax fraud. What do you do?
Tell them you cannot break confidentiality as This crime will not result in a risk of death or serious harm and so you should not break confidentiality.
but if if failure to disclose may expose others to a risk of death or serious harm. U should break confidentiality
