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When the Resident Says No: Best Practices for Informed Refusal

They have a right to be informed of their health status, to be involved in care planning and treatment, and to request or refuse a treatment, therapy, or ...

Refusal of Care: Patients' Well-being and Physicians' Ethical ...

She received medical care through the Johns Hopkins Elder House. Call Program (EHCP), a physician home visit system in which patients are evaluated and cared ...

Patient Refusal: What to do when medical treatment and transport ...

In these specific situations, EMS is allowed to suspend the concept of informed consent and transport the patient, even against their wishes. In this case, as ...

Refusal of Emergency Medical Treatment: Case Studies and Ethical ...

A related concept to informed consent is informed refusal of treatment. Patients may refuse emergency medical treatment during their evaluation and treatment.

Refusal of care and discharging 'difficult' patients from the ...

Abstract. Patients generally have the right to refuse medical care, a right based on certain legal precedents. Its application in the emergency department leads ...

Chapter 6: Legal Perspectives of Treatment Refusal: Refusal Defined

There is always the possibility of criminal liability when parents refuse medical treatment for their child based on religious or cultural beliefs. Swan (1997) ...

(PDF) Patient refusal of care: Balancing patient autonomy and ...

Abstract. Patient refusal of care often puts healthcare professionals in an ethical dilemma. The ethics of refusing nursing care are examined in ...

Advance decision to refuse treatment (living will) - NHS

An advance decision (sometimes known as an advance decision to refuse treatment, an ADRT, or a living will) is a decision you can make now to refuse a specific ...

Can a Hospital Refuse to Treat You in Kansas City?

Persistent drug-seeking behavior: Hospitals and healthcare providers may refuse treatment if they believe a patient is exhibiting drug-seeking behavior or if ...

Can You Sue a Hospital or Doctor for Denying Medical Treatment?

Under What Circumstances Can a Doctor Refuse to Treat a Patient? · The doctor's office is not accepting any new patients. · You are unable to pay ...

Informed Refusal—What You Need to Know

Think of informed refusal as the flip side of informed consent, and act accordingly. Listen. When patients express resistance to your treatment ...

Reasons Why a Doctor Can Deny a Prospective Patient Treatment

There are a few reasons why a doctor can refuse to treat a patient. The most obvious of these is if the doctor does not treat patients with the patient's ...

The Dilemma on Refusing Patients' Care

on refusing to participate in the care of certain patients. I believe that each one of us is confronted daily with patients who are not exactly our “cup of tea.

Refusal of Medically Recommended Treatment During Pregnancy

When a pregnant woman refuses medically recommended treatment, her decision may not result in optimal fetal well-being, which creates an ethical dilemma.

Nursing Professor Addresses Medical Treatment Refusal

The number of patients refusing or limiting medical treatment due to social, religious, or cultural beliefs is increasing in healthcare ...

Managing Refusal of Medical Care in Older Adults - CIA

The purpose of this case series is to illustrate the complexity of considerations across health (physical and mental), ethical, human rights and practical ...

Patient Refusal of Further Medical Treatment

However,. I refuse further medical examination and treatment. I have been informed of the risks and consequences potentially involved in this refusal, the ...

What are some best practices for residents who refuse care?

A: · Make sure you have addressed the resident refusal concerns in the assessments and on the Care Plan. · Do your best to identify the reasons ...

New Refusal of Care Policy to be effective Nov. 15 - VUMC News

Although patients and families have a right to refuse care, this right does not outweigh our employees' right to work in an environment free of ...

Refusal of Care and Termination of Life Support

Patients' right to die preoccupies bioethicists. The authors believe this is a misplaced concern: with the exception of a small number of well-publicized cases ...


Refusal of Care

TV episode

The Guilty One

Book by Lisa Ballantyne