Refusal to Treat

Refusal of the health professional to initiate or continue treatment of a patient or group of patients. The refusal can be based on any reason. The…

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2015

An attempt of sequence selection is made for multiple alignments of transmembrane proteins in order to detect the structural…

2013

Doctors have both legal and ethical responsibilities towards their patients. Is it ever acceptable to refuse to treat a patient…

2011

Whether it is ethically acceptable for doctors to require payment of fees before treatment depends on interpretation of the…

1998

Medical treatment as well as refusal of treatment may be a source for tortious liability. Omitting treatment is generally…

1998

Changing perceptions about HIV/AIDS has resulted in advances in public policy and law, particularly involving the Americans…

1996

U.S. District Judge Morton A. Brody ruled that dentist [name removed]'s written policy of refusing to treat patients with HIV…

1994

1993

To the Editor. —In the article "What Are We Teaching About Indigent Patients?,"1Miles is highly critical of a private hospital's…

1990

1981