Integrated Medical Education Resources: B.) WORKSHOP DISCUSSION CASES

GROUP #10 (CASES ON DOCTOR ETIQUETTE, Adab Al Tabiib)

Case #37: A physician prescribed a new unlicensed drug donated to him by a pharmaceutical company. The physician had shares in the company. He had no previous personal knowledge of the drug. The patient developed an immediate allergic reaction. The physician blamed the nurse for not asking about drug allergies before injecting the drug.

Case #38: A 60-year old surgeon was known by everybody in the hospital to cause pain while examining patients without prior explanation and consent. He used to make lewd jokes about female patients. He discussed diagnoses with his drinking partners and details of many patients were known in the community. A junior doctor who complained to the hospital director was told to keep quiet. Nobody else dared to complain about him because of his seniority.

Case #39: A well-known businessman was diagnosed with drug-resistant tuberculosis. He refused admission to the TB ward because of his social position. He contacted the hospital manager who was his golf partner to pressure the junior doctor to admit him to a room on a normal ward. When the junior doctor refused, he was transferred to another department and the admission went ahead.