| Literature DB >> 7613365 |
D W Hodgkinson1, A J Gray, B Dalal, P Wilson, Z Szawarski, T Sensky, G Gillett, D W Yates.
Abstract
Doctors in accident and emergency departments are sometimes presented with patients with potentially life threatening conditions who refuse to consent to treatment. The doctors then face a dilemma: to withhold necessary treatment or to act against a patient's express wishes. Two such cases are presented, and we asked a lawyer, two medical ethicists, a psychiatrist, and an accident and emergency physician to comment on the implications.Entities:
Keywords: Legal Approach; Professional Patient Relationship
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Year: 1995 PMID： 7613365 PMCID： PMC2550156 DOI： 10.1136/bmj.311.6997.115a
Source DB: PubMed Journal: BMJ ISSN： 0959-8138