Physician's Responsibility

Part I of Essay
We, as health care providers, must up hold the trust that our patients give us. We must also do what ever it takes to cure/treat our patient's ailment. The scenario given puts the physician in a predicament. What is he supposed to do? Is he not supposed to tell he wife t ....

Part II of Essay
.... as to prescribing her antibiotics that would also cure her gonorrhea. The doctor only can cure her for what he knows that she have. The doctor could suggest to wife that she should get a blood test done too as for a physical. But he will have to get consent testing for HIV. The only other thing the doctor can do is talk to he husband, to persuade him to tell his wife on his own accord. Another reason why it is important to tell the wife is because she is pregnant. If the pilot is HIV positive, he could have passed that on to his wife. ....