How do medical doctors respond to the inappropriate patient request?

Basem Abbas Al Ubaidi *

Consultant Family MD, Ministry of Health, Assistant professor at Arabian Gulf University (AGU), Kingdom of Bahrain.
 
Review Article
Magna Scientia Advanced Biology and Pharmacy, 2021, 02(02), 006–009
Article DOI: 10.30574/msabp.2021.2.2.0019
Publication history: 
Received on 25 March 2021; revised on 05 May 2021; accepted on 08 May 2021
 
Abstract: 
Medical doctors need the skill to acquire how they are responding to inappropriate patient's requests. The FAVER approach starts with recognizing inner uncomfortable feelings, which signals that the patient's request is inappropriate. Assuming that the patient doesn't know that their demands are "immoral." The medical doctors need to say "NO" in an explicit state and give excuses such as inadequate medical care, illegal, dishonest, or against policy and avoid lengthy explanations.
 
Keywords: 
Inappropriate request; Patient's demand.
 
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