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

Exercise 51

A nurse working in a physician's office is helping the physician explain a medical diagnosis and proposed treatment plan to a middle-aged woman who is a recent immigrant from Thailand. The woman speaks no English, and her daughter is attempting to translate the conversation. The woman has metastasized lung cancer, and her prognosis is not good. The nurse notices a pronounced hesitation in the daughter's translation of this news to her mother, and she suspects the daughter has not relayed the information correctly, because the patient seems undisturbed by the news.
Assume that the nurse and the physician must obtain informed consent from the patient in the above scenario. Should they rely solely on the daughter's ability to translate? Explain your answer.
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