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You are an attending physician at a university hospital. One of the attendings from another division seems to be having memory difficulty. You have found him twice in the hallway having forgotten where he was going. The residents tell you on the side that they don't rely on him at all because "he forgets everything we say anyway." The chief of service knows but doesn't have enough attendings to fill the yearly schedule so he remains in place supervising both resident performance as well as patient care. What should you do? a. Nothing; the chief of service already knows. b. Talk to him directly. c. Tell your division head. d. Report him to the state licensing board.

    You are an attending physician at a university hospital. One of the attendings from another division seems to be having memory difficulty. You have found him twice in the hallway having forgotten where he was going. The residents tell you on the side that they don't rely on him at all because "he forgets everything we say anyway." The chief of service knows but doesn't have enough attendings to fill the yearly schedule so he remains in place supervising both resident performance as well as patient care. What should you do?
a. Nothing; the chief of service already knows.
b. Talk to him directly.
c. Tell your division head.
d. Report him to the state licensing board.
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Medical Ethics for the Boards
Medical Ethics for the Boards
Conrad Fischer 3rd Edition
Chapter 1, Problem 68 ↓

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You are an attending physician at a university hospital. One of the attendings from another division seems to be having memory difficulty. You have found him twice in the hallway having forgotten where he was going. The residents tell you on the side that they don't rely on him at all because "he forgets everything we say anyway." The chief of service knows but doesn't have enough attendings to fill the yearly schedule so he remains in place supervising both resident performance as well as patient care. What should you do? a. Nothing; the chief of service already knows. b. Talk to him directly. c. Tell your division head. d. Report him to the state licensing board.
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