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Pet insurance problem
Author(s) -
Cousquer Glen
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inp.d2287
Subject(s) - misrepresentation , cover (algebra) , business , actuarial science , law , political science , mechanical engineering , engineering
Your manager reprimands you for including details of a newly identified condition in the clinical notes of a client's dog. The client has very recently taken out pet insurance and thus risks being refused cover for the investigations and treatment you are proposing. This is a long‐standing client with limited means. Your manager suggests that you omit such details in future until the owner has secured the necessary pet insurance and points out that any misrepresentation would therefore be committed by the owner. You feel uncomfortable with this instruction. How should you proceed?