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Professional Conduct Critique Paper

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Professional Conduct Critique

A 3 years old female spayed DSH presented with a large rectal prolapse.
Two days prior to presentation the cat was continuously straining and going back and forth to the litter tray. On the night before presentation the owner observed a development of rectal prolapse. On the clinical the cat was BAR. General clinical examination was unremarkable. A 5 cm oedematous and inflamed rectal prolapse was present. An investigation and treatment plan and was done and a cost estimation was given to the owner.
After checking estimation owner said that unfortunately this cat is currently not insured. As he has two more cats and this one is the younger and has been healthy, he decided to cancel insurance due to personal financial issues. This owner was demonstrating extreme sensitivity, sadness and love for this cat, regretting all the time not having continued with …show more content…

I said to the owner that I couldn’t do that because it’s against the law.
Owner was insisting in a way that started making me feel really uncomfortable.
I explained to the owner that we, as a veterinary surgeon (VS), are a third party in the contract between owners and insurance companies and veterinary surgeons have the responsibility to report with honesty and integrity.
The clinical records should be honest and with truth and the relevant information about the presented animal should be provided to the insurer. This is illegal and would be considered dishonesty and fraud. A VS who acts dishonestly or fraudulently may be liable to criminal investigation and/or disciplinary action (RCVS, 2012). This would be considered a fraud against the insurer. Any failure to disclose information, dishonestly or intending by that abuse to make a gain will lead to payment of claim being refused and both VS and owner could be prosecuted (The Fraud Act, 2006).
The stakeholders were me (VS), the owner and the insurance

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