Posted by Jonathan on February 05, 1998 at 16:35:37:
In Reply to: Re: Question #1 posted by Roni on February 05, 1998 at 16:24:47:
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: : : I chose ans. 2 because I think the Dr. needs to let her know that she understands her feelings and letting her know that she would accomodate her next time would make her feel a little better.
: : : : The majority of us seem to agree on answer #4. What makes this appear to be a better answer than the others? Also, if you don't agree is there something specific that made you choose a different answer?
: : Nancy, what if next time is not good enough?
: If the patient is dealing with a dr outside her culture she should have let him/her know about her values. However, that does not solve the problem. The dr can't let the pt go digging through the sharps container or wherever they put extracted teeth. And to give the pt back a tooth that has been in an environment that has other people's blood is certainly not an option.
Of course, you are correct. Again, I didn't get that impression that other's blood was on the tooth or that it was in the sharps container.