EthicsIntermediateMMI station
A patient asks you not to document their smoking habit because they don't want their insurance company to know. What do you do?
Ethical dilemma: Competing duties with no perfect answer: consent, confidentiality, fairness.
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How to approach ethical dilemma questions
- Clarify the facts and what you would want to know before acting.
- Name who is affected and the principles in tension: autonomy, doing good, avoiding harm, fairness, confidentiality.
- Walk through realistic options, starting with the least drastic.
- Choose a course of action, explain why, and say who you would involve.
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