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Jan 18, 2024 · A mentally competent adult has the legal right to refuse medical treatment even if causes them serious illness or death. This is sometimes the case with a terminal illness in which a person will opt for a higher quality of life over a longer quantity of life. In the end, no one can force another person to undergo any procedure unless they are ...
- Trisha Torrey
Mar 25, 2014 · Knowing when and how to treat patients who refuse treatment is challenging. About 30% of acute medical inpatients lack capacity to make key decisions about their treatment, 1 and this rises to above 40% for psychiatric inpatients. 2 Clinicians tend to overestimate patients’ capacity and miss cases where capacity is lacking. 3 Navigating the ...
- Rosemary A Humphreys, Robert Lepper, Timothy R J Nicholson
- 2014
May 15, 2023 · There are certain exceptions to the right to refuse treatment. For example, in the event of a life-threatening medical emergency, healthcare professionals may be authorized to administer treatment without the patient’s explicit consent. In addition, minors and incapacitated adults may be subject to special rules concerning refusal of ...
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When patients refuse recommended life-sustaining medical treatment, the duty rests with the physician to discern whether the patient has the decision-making capacity to reject treatment. Refusal of care in the ED setting creates tension between beneficence and patient autonomy, with the critical determination of decision-making capacity in the balance.
- Stephanie Cooper
- 2010
Jan 27, 2017 · Some patients may refuse emergency medical treatment at any time during their evaluation and treatment (ie, informed refusal, against medical advice, and leaving before evaluation). When patients refuse emergency medical treatment, providers should communicate with the patient about their diagnosis, recommended treatment, risks, benefits, and alternatives to the proposed intervention.
- Catherine A. Marco, Jay M. Brenner, Chadd K. Kraus, Norine A. McGrath, Arthur R. Derse
- 2017
Patients are looking for a counselor. They are looking for someone who has the judgment to help them make the best decision. When the physician isn’t able to do that in a supportive way for the patient and the family, the ethicist’s role should be to advise the physician and the family about what the best ethical choice would be in the ...
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Jul 24, 2023 · For minor patients, typically, the parents and/or guardians of the patient make any required medical decisions and may choose to refuse care. Importantly, if a pediatric patient requires emergent care and the parent is either absent or refusing, healthcare providers are expected to provide the emergent care regardless of the refusal, and are legally protected in this situation. [10]
