MA140Homework Chapter 11-Case Study Page 349 Your neighbor\'s daughter, who is 1
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MA140Homework Chapter 11-Case Study Page 349 Your neighbor's daughter, who is 16, has made an appointment to see o physician where you work as o medical assistant. You have assisted the physician with the exomination of the girt, and he has determined thot she is pregnant 1. The patient's mother telephones you at home, demanding to know why her daughter sow the physician. Whot do you tell her? appropriote ethical and legal premises. I would tell hey that 1 n you answer, citing 0 When the potient learns she is pregnant, she tearfully requests information about on abortion. Whot is the physician allowed to tell her-both legally and ethically?.w.wu 2. Based on your role as a medicol assistant, what would you tell her if she asks? 3.Explanation / Answer
16 yrs adolecents have independent lives, can go ahead with abortion without parent consent, and rules differs from different countries. Physican advises to obtain legal permission from court to have an abortion. Abortion/any other medical condition cannot be disclosed to parents/friends over phone or directly wihout patient's consent.
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