Guidance in Patient Safety, Preventive & Ethics — 52yo Man | Ethics | SMLE Q#17591
SMLE Question #17591
Patient Safety, Preventive & Ethics
Ethics
Objective: OBJ-243
Last updated: February 2026
A 52-year-old man posts in a public online health-and-wellbeing group that his home blood pressure readings over the past week have been 165–175/95–105 mmHg and asks for guidance. A physician who is a member of the group recognizes the poster as his own clinic patient from the name and profile photo. The patient has not consented to online medical advice or public disclosure of a physician–patient relationship. What is the most appropriate response by the physician?
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