it's ethics again! Plz help!

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sprint123
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02/20/08 - 05:58 PM

Patient confused with fever. Wife refuses lumbar puncture....Wat to do?

angel23
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02/20/08 - 07:53 PM

do lumbar puncture

sprint123
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02/20/08 - 08:11 PM

thanks angel.....But, shouldn't we use "Substituted judgement" in this scenario? If the wife says "He has always hated needles"...Then wat to do?

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02/20/08 - 10:34 PM

he hated needles but he dint say in emergency dnt use them

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