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Important ethics q - calcium - ArchivalUser - 05-01-2008
A 12-year old boy is diagnosed with a terminal illness (e.g., malignancy). He asked the doctor about his prognosis. His parents requested the doctor not to tell him the bad news. What should the doctor do in this situation?
a. tell the diagnosis to a child
b. don`t tell him the diagnosis
0 - ArchivalUser - 05-01-2008
c. ask parents why they want to hide the diagnosis from the child, and that is the correct answer.
0 - ArchivalUser - 05-01-2008
if just between a and b...i will pick a
0 - ArchivalUser - 05-01-2008
triple you are a smart cookie, it would be definitely corrrect answer, but you have to choose from two choices...
0 - ArchivalUser - 05-01-2008
there is never 2 choice Qs in usmle, u came to wrong place !!
0 - ArchivalUser - 05-01-2008
but if u force me to choose from 2, definitely the correct answer is A
0 - ArchivalUser - 05-01-2008
Well, sometimes on the exam you can narrow your choices to 2 answers and still don`t know the right one...
0 - ArchivalUser - 05-01-2008
The correct answer is A. The doctor should always tell the truth to the patient.
0 - ArchivalUser - 05-02-2008
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