Health Medical Homework Help. HCR 210 Rio Salado College Patient Information Handling Case Questions
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Scenario 1:
George has gonorrhea. He does not want his wife to find out and asks the physician not to let his wife know. His wife uses the same physician as her primary care provider.
Question 1: Does the physician have an obligation to disclose the fact that the wife may have gonorrhea, maybe her husband does, and notify her that she should be tested? Why or why not?
Scenario 2:
George has gonorrhea. He does not want his wife to find out, but he wants to protect her from the disease. He asks their family doctor to test his wife without her knowledge. When the wife comes in for her annual Pap smear, the physician tests her for gonorrhea, saying, “I just want to run another test on you to rule out a possibility.” He finds that she has been infected and treats her without telling her the diagnosis. He merely tells her, “I want you to take these antibiotics as a precaution.”
Question 2: Did the wife have a right to know about her diagnosis in this case? Why or why not?
