Read the following case study and answer the questions using the directions below.
A Delaware man is suing a medical clinic because he woke up from a colonoscopy wearing a pair of pink women’s underwear. The man was employed at the medical clinic at the time of the incident and claims that the “extreme and outrageous” joke played on his colleagues caused him to suffer “severe emotional stress and anguish.”
1. Given that it was a joke and not an attempt to harm, does he have a legal case?
2. Judge the practitioner’s actions using a reasonable person standard.
3. Is this also an ethical problem? What about etiquette?
4. What does a news story like this do to the health care commons?
5. If you were the medical clinic, beyond an apology, what should you do?
Respond in paragraph format ensuring that 1/2-3/4 of your response stems from terms, concepts, theories from the course textbook, paraphrased (put into your own words). Paragraph format consists of 6 sentences, an introductory sentence, 4 supporting sentences, and one conclusion sentence. Initial responses to Discussion Board Topics are to be a minimum of 250 words and responses to a minimum of one other student post are to be a minimum of 100 words. Both APA in-text citations and references are required on all written coursework; otherwise, it is considered plagiarism.
