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when being examined by a doctor do you have a right to have the med students go away?

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  1. Cristina!
    Member

    gumby likes you

    Posted 1 year ago #

  2. stafii
    Member

    Yeah specificly ask to have them leave they are supposed to ask if your ok with it. When I was having my baby they asked if it was ok they were in there I said no and they were not allowed in

    Posted 1 year ago #

  3. DrMKhan
    Member

    Following are few words regarding patients RIGHTS & CONFIDENTIALITY:-

    For many years, common medical practice meant that physicians made decisions for their patients. This paternalistic view has gradually been supplanted by one promoting patient autonomy, whereby patients and doctors share the decision-making responsibility. Consequently doctor-patient relationships are very different now than they were just a few decades ago. However, conflicts still abound as the medical community and those it serves struggle to define their respective roles.

    Consent

    Consent, particularly informed consent, is the cornerstone of patients' rights. Consent is based on the inviolability of one's person. It means that doctors do not have the right to touch or treat a patient without that patient's approval, because the patient is the one who must live with the consequences and deal with any discomfort caused by treatment. A doctor can be held liable for committing a battery if the doctor touches the patient without first obtaining the patient's consent.

    Informed Consent

    Simply consenting to treatment is not enough. A patient must give informed consent. In essence, informed consent means that before a doctor can treat or touch a patient, the patient must be given some basic information about what the doctor proposes to do. Informed consent has been called the most important legal doctrine in patients' rights.
    Finally, informed consent may be bypassed in rare cases where a physician has objective evidence that informing a patient would render the patient unable to make a rational decision. Under these circumstances a physician must disclose the information to another person designated by the patient.
    Medical Experimentation

    Medical progress and medical experimentation have always gone hand in hand, but patients' rights have sometimes been ignored in the process. Sometimes patients are completely unaware of the experimentation. Experimentation has also taken place in settings where individuals may have extreme difficulty asserting their rights, such as in prisons, mental institutions, the military, and residences for the mentally retarded. Legitimate experimentation requires informed consent, which may be withdrawn at any time
    Privacy and Confidentiality

    Confi- dentiality between a doctor and patient means that a doctor has the express or implied duty not to disclose information received from the patient to anyone not directly involved with the patient's care. Confidentiality is important so that health care providers have knowledge of all facts, regardless of how personal or embarrassing, that might have a bearing on a patient's health. Patients must feel that it is safe to communicate such information freely. Although this theory drives doctor-patient confidentiality, the reality is that many people have routine and legitimate access to a patient's records. A hospital patient might have several doctors, nurses and support personnel on every shift, and a patient might also see a therapist, nutritionist, or pharmacologist, to name a few.

    I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND WELL... all doctors are directed to have PATIENT CENTRED APPROACH- that is they should respect the patients interest, health believes and privacy.

    Regards,

    Posted 1 year ago #

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