Question

A 19-year-old woman attends your GP surgery requesting the oral contraceptive pill. She does not want her parents to know. She is 19, lives at home and appears mature. What is the most appropriate approach to confidentiality?

Accepted Answer

Respect her confidentiality and provide contraception if she has capacity and understands the risks and benefits

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Inform her parents regardless of her wishes because she lives at home

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Refuse contraception until a parent attends

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Tell her that confidentiality cannot be guaranteed for any patient

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Automatically inform social services

Practice question

A 19-year-old woman attends your GP surgery requesting the oral contraceptive pill. She does not want her parents to know. She is 19, lives at home and appears mature. What is the most appropriate approach to confidentiality?