To treat or not to treat: the legal, ethical and therapeutic implications of treatment refusal. [PDF]
Journal of Medical Ethics, 1991 Health professionals faced with refusal of life-saving treatment may wish to override a person's wishes, especially if that person suffers from a mental disorder. Mental illness does not automatically mean a patient is incapable of making decisions of this nature.
Diana Brahams
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Conscientious Objection and Other Motivations for Refusal to Treat in Hastened Death: A Systematic Review [PDF]
Healthcare (Switzerland), 2023 Background: Conscientious objection (CO) in the context of health care arises when a health care professional (HCP) refuses to participate in a certain procedure because it is not compatible with their ethical or moral principles.
Silvia Marina, MIGUEL Ricou
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Is clinician refusal to treat an emerging problem in injury compensation systems? [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2016 Objective: The reasons that doctors may refuse or be reluctant to treat have not been widely explored in the medical literature. To understand the ethical implications of reluctance to treat there is a need to recognise the constraints of doctors working
Bianca Brijnath +2 more
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Refusal to treat AIDS and HIV positive patients. [PDF]
BMJ: British Medical Journal, 1987 This report discusses the ethical considerations of refusal to treat AIDS patients. Empirical evidence indicates that risk to doctors and other health care workers of occupational acquisition of AIDS virus infection is of very low probability. However the perception of risk on the part of the health care worker is an important factor which must be ...
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Dentists’ refusal to manage patients with HIV, tuberculosis, HBV, HCV, epilepsy, and financial limitations in Damascus, Syria: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
BDJ OpenObjective This study investigates refusal rates of dentists in Damascus, Syria, to manage patients who disclose that they are carriers of tuberculosis, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B and C (HBV/HCV), and patients with dental phobia ...
Muhammad Oweis Makieh +3 more
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COMBINING STIMULUS FADING, REINFORCEMENT, AND EXTINCTION TO TREAT FOOD REFUSAL [PDF]
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1998 The food refusal of a 6‐year‐old girl with destructive behavior was treated using stimulus fading, reinforcement, and escape extinction. Intake increased and compliance with prompting procedures remained relatively stable despite the increased consumption requirement.
Kurt A Freeman, Cathleen C Piazza
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VAPGAMO trial protocol: a cluster-randomised controlled evaluation of a digital game-based learning intervention to reduce adolescent vaping intention in Malaysian public secondary schools [PDF]
BMJ OpenIntroduction Youth vaping remains a global public health challenge. We will evaluate a pragmatic, theory-driven digital game-based learning intervention (VAPGAMO), delivered in public secondary schools to reduce adolescents’ intention to vape at 3-month ...
Rosliza Abdul Manaf +3 more
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When the decision to die interferes with the duty to heal [PDF]
Archives of Public HealthBackground This commentary was inspired by an encounter M. M. experienced while shadowing a physician in 2024. The physician referred an otherwise healthy patient between 64 and 74 years old for a routine colonoscopy due to relevant risk factors. However,
Maya Morcos, Amir-Ali Golrokhian-Sani
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Refusing to treat – is it legal? Is it justifiable? Is it ethical?
South African Dental Journal, 2023 Historically, when clinicians wanted to know if certain conduct was ethical, they would consult the guidelines set out in the Hippocratic oath. While adherence to the oath may “represent an expression of the professions’ ethical obligations”, and be useful in promoting their commitment to “abide by these norms”, this assumption is open to question.1 ...
Leanne Sykes +2 more
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BMC Medical Ethics, 2021 Background Evolving medical technology, advancing biomedical and drug research, and changing laws and legislation impact patients’ healthcare options and influence healthcare practitioners’ (HCPs’) practices.
Janine Brown +4 more
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