Law &. Ethics for Medical Careers 5th Edition by Karen Judson,Carlene Harrison

تمرين 21

Use your critical thinking skills to answer the questions that follow each of the case studies. Indicate whether each situation is a question of law, ethics, protocol, or etiquette.
You are employed as an assistant in an ophthalmologist's office. Your neighbor asks you to find out for him how much another patient was charged for an eye examination at the eye clinic that employs you. Your neighbor also asks you how much the patient was charged for his prescription eyeglasses (the eye clinic also sells lenses and frames).
Did both LPNs in this scenario act ethically and responsibly? Explain your answer.
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A physician admitted an elderly patient to the hospital, where she was treated for an irregular heartbeat and chest pain. The patient was competent to make her own decisions about a course of treatment, but her opinionated and outspoken daughter repeatedly second-guessed the physician's recommendations with medical information she had obtained from the Internet.