Question

A 68-year-old man with terminal lung cancer, receiving palliative care at home, gives you a bottle of expensive whisky worth several hundred pounds as thanks for your care. He insists you accept it. What is the most appropriate response?

Accepted Answer

Politely decline the gift, explaining that it could compromise professional boundaries, and suggest he donates to a charity instead

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Accept the gift and thank him, documenting it in the notes

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Accept the gift but share it with the ward staff

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Accept the gift only if his family agree in writing

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Refuse the gift abruptly and discharge him from your care

Practice question

A 68-year-old man with terminal lung cancer, receiving palliative care at home, gives you a bottle of expensive whisky worth several hundred pounds as thanks for your care. He insists you accept it. What is the most appropriate response?