A 42-year-old woman requests that her GP does not record a recent termination of pregnancy in her medical notes because she does not want her husband ...

Question

A 42-year-old woman requests that her GP does not record a recent termination of pregnancy in her medical notes because she does not want her husband to find out. Which is the single most appropriate response?

Accepted Answer

Explain that accurate medical records are a legal and professional requirement, but reassure her that her records are confidential and her husband does not have a right to access them

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Agree to omit the information from her records

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Record the information but mark it as 'hidden' from all other clinicians

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Refuse to see her unless the information is recorded

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Inform her husband as he has a right to know

uk-drcog MCQ (SBA): Medical Record Confidentiality

A 42-year-old woman requests that her GP does not record a recent termination of pregnancy in her medical notes because she does not want her husband to find out. Which is the single most appropriate response?