Question

1. Regarding to the healthcare. Please Answer the following:

A. What is the duty to protect or duty to warn in mental health and what theory does it advance:

B. What public policies are served by the “Doctrine of Informed Consent:”

C. Must a provider always obtain express consent to medical procedures? Explain your answer:

D. What are three consequences of a physician failing to obtain informed consent:

E. Identify three areas under Ohio law which require or permit a physician to disclose confidential patient information to third parties without consent of the patient:

Answer 1

A)Duty to protect refers to the maintainance of confidentiality in the care of a patient and protect the patient from any harm.Duty to warn refers to the responsibility of the psychotherapist,provider,counsellor or therapist to inform the third party or the authority when a client poses a threat to his life by harming self or other

B)The policy served by doctrine of informed consent are

• Getting informed consent from parents, guardian or spouse when a unconscious patient will die without any medical help
• One who is mentally unsound or with mental disorder
• When cannot provide reaaonble decision

C)There are two main types of consent express consent and implied consent.Express consent is given by the patient in a written or signs a consent and permits the healthcare profedsprofe to perfotp any procedure whereas implient consent are taken without patient permission resulted out if the their action which may harm self or society.Therefore express counter is the best form to obtain consent to avoua any legal or moral consequences.

D)when a physician fails to obtain informed consent the following consequences can happen

• It can be an act of crime leading to sue a physician
• Cancellation of licensure be implied in the physician
• There can be monetary loss
• Reputation can be hampered