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MEDICAL ABANDONMENT [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Law
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Sociology of Medicine
CONT

Medical abandonment results when the caregiver-patient relationship is terminated without making reasonable arrangements with an appropriate person so that care by others can be continued.

CONT

... a DNR order [Do not resuscitate order] should not mean medical abandonment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la santé
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Sociologie de la médecine
CONT

À partir du moment où le médecin s'engage à traiter, il ne peut plus y avoir d'abandon injustifié tel que, par exemple, le refus total et déraisonnable de traiter, le retrait à un moment critique sans préavis ou sans le consentement du patient, ou un congé médical prématuré. [ ... ] l'abandon médical est un acte intentionnel, et il est ordinairement motivé par la crainte d'une poursuite pour faute professionnelle.

Spanish

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