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A patient with Down syndrome is pregnant and wants to keep the baby. Her mother and husband want her to have an abortion. What do you do?
Autonomy and consent · Communication · Equity and access
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- Start from a presumption of capacity: Down syndrome alone does not mean she can't make this decision.
- Assess capacity for this specific choice, with supports: plain language, time, visual aids, a trusted advocate.
- Meet with her alone to hear her wishes free of pressure, and screen for coercion.
- Acknowledge the family's worries and bring them into planning support for her, not into overriding her.
- If capacity is truly lacking, follow legal surrogate processes and involve ethics, still centered on her values.
What makes it work
- It avoids the common trap of assuming disability means incapacity.
- It treats the family as partners without handing them the decision.
Avoid
- Siding with the family because they seem more "reasonable".
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One liver, two patients: a 60-year-old surgeon who drinks, and a 25-year-old who overdosed. Who gets it?
Equity and access · Critical thinking · Health systems
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- Say who really decides: transplant teams follow set criteria, not one doctor's judgment of who deserves it.
- Name those criteria: medical urgency, likelihood of benefit, compatibility, time on the list, and the ability to follow through after transplant.
- Reject social worth: being a surgeon doesn't earn a liver. Be careful about blaming either patient for their illness.
- Note that an overdose, such as acetaminophen, can cause acute liver failure with top urgency, while alcohol use may raise questions about relapse.
- Conclude that you'd follow the criteria and support both patients.
What makes it work
- It moves the question from "who deserves it" to "how fair systems decide".
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- Choosing by age or profession alone.
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A pharmacist has a personal objection to dispensing a legal medication. How should that be handled so the patient still gets care?
Integrity · Autonomy and consent · Equity and access
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- Name both values: the pharmacist's conscience and the patient's right to timely, legal care.
- The key principle: an objection must never become a barrier. The patient leaves with the medication or a guaranteed path to it.
- Plan ahead: tell the employer in advance and arrange another pharmacist on shift or a warm referral nearby.
- Treat the patient with dignity: no lecturing, no delay, no judgment.
- Note that laws and board rules vary by state.
What makes it work
- It resolves the tension with a practical system, not a slogan.
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