09-05-2011, 04:03 PM
A 23-year-old Navajo man has injured his leg after a fall. He presents to the emergency room of the reservation hospital where he is complaining of pain. His leg appears to be broken. The man requests that you call a medicine man before doing anything further. What should the doctor do?
a. Call the local medicine man before proceeding with treatment of the leg fracture.
b. The emergency room medical doctor is under no obligation to communicate with a medicine man about the patient’s leg fracture.
c. Tell the patient that he will not call his medicine man.
d. Because the patient came to the emergency room, the doctor is allowed to begin treatment then call the medicine man.
a. Call the local medicine man before proceeding with treatment of the leg fracture.
b. The emergency room medical doctor is under no obligation to communicate with a medicine man about the patient’s leg fracture.
c. Tell the patient that he will not call his medicine man.
d. Because the patient came to the emergency room, the doctor is allowed to begin treatment then call the medicine man.