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PATIENT NON-ABANDONMENT [1 record]

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Record 1 2019-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Law
  • Ethics and Morals
  • Sociology of Medicine
CONT

Patient non-abandonment. … Once an ongoing doctor-patient relationship has been established … the physician may not ethically abandon the patient. As a practical matter, this means that psychiatrists must arrange for clinical coverage when on vacation and must give adequate notice to patients when closing their practices.

Key term(s)
  • patient nonabandonment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la santé
  • Éthique et Morale
  • Sociologie de la médecine
OBS

non-abandon de patient : terme tiré du mini-lexique «Soins en fin de vie et aide médicale à mourir» et reproduit avec l'autorisation du Centre de ressources en français juridique de l'Université de Saint-Boniface.

Spanish

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