Match each of the following clinical encounters with the most appropriate legally and ethically required physician action.
- A 45-year-old woman with a distal radius fracture who privately discloses that her spouse assaulted her, but explicitly requests that police not be involved.Document the disclosure, offer a safety plan with domestic violence resources, and maintain patient confidentiality.
- An 82-year-old man with advanced Alzheimer dementia who is brought from his son's home exhibiting severe malnutrition, poor hygiene, and multiple unexplained stage III pressure injuries.Notify Adult Protective Services or the designated state agency regarding suspected vulnerable adult abuse or neglect.
- A 7-year-old girl evaluated for a patterned contact burn on her posterior thigh; her stepfather states she accidentally backed into a space heater.Notify Child Protective Services or the designated state agency immediately regarding suspected abuse.
- A 34-year-old anesthesiologist who is observed with a staggered gait, diaphoresis, and the odor of alcohol while preparing to enter the operating room for a scheduled case.Intervene immediately to prevent patient harm and notify the department chief or hospital physician health program.
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Competent adult domestic violence requires maintaining confidentiality and offering resources; vulnerable elder neglect requires reporting to Adult Protective Services; suspected child abuse requires reporting to Child Protective Services; and physician impairment requires immediate intervention and reporting to clinical leadership.
Correct matching requires distinguishing between situations that legally mandate breaching confidentiality to protect vulnerable individuals (children, elders with dementia, patients of impaired physicians) and situations where the autonomy and confidentiality of a competent adult must be preserved (intimate partner violence without a weapon).
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Mandatory Reporting Requirements
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