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Originally Posted by queasy27
Unethical is not quite the right word, I agree, but would any doctor really have any liability if I keeled over from a heart attack after refusing a medication? I honestly don't understand why any doctor's conscience would be bothered in that situation. They gave me their recommendation and I ignored it. What else could they have done? If they're determined to feel guilty, I'd think refusing me as a patient and then I keeled over and died would be worse for them, conscious-wise.
It's a cost/benefit analysis for me. Should I be required to take a medication with side effects that may or may not help a condition I may or may not develop?
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45% of the doc's in this study dismissed patient because they didn't follow recommendations.
The 7 top reasons doctors 'fire' patients | Advisory Board Daily Briefing
Search the web for something like "web dismiss patient" and you will find many articles about the reason doc's dismiss patients. Basically they say a doc can drop you except in some special cases. If they do they have to facilitate your transfer to another doc but they don't have to find another doc for you.
Terminating a Patient-Physician Relationship | American Medical Association