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Parents or medical doctors may make decision about the treatment of children, a principle known as parens patriae. [58]: 5 In the United States, doctors are responsible for providing a good standard of care for patients who are children which can lead them to make decisions at odds with the parents wishes. Parents have less autonomy to make ...
Before talking to your doctor, spend time planning the best way to paint a vivid, accurate description of your symptoms, suggests Dr. Robert Gee, assistant dean of student affairs and a behavioral ...
This treatment may involve the administration of psychoactive drugs, including involuntary administration. In many jurisdictions, people diagnosed with mental health disorders can also be forced to undergo treatment while in the community; this is sometimes referred to as outpatient commitment and shares legal processes with commitment.
Vermont, a state with a long waiting list for medically based drug treatment, suspended a doctor’s license over incomplete paperwork. As doctors face scrutiny from the DEA, states have imposed even greater regulations severely limiting access to the medications, according to a 2014 report commissioned by the federal agency SAMHSA.
Congress passed EMTALA to eliminate the practice of "patient dumping"—that is, refusal to treat people because of inability to pay or insufficient insurance or transferring or discharging emergency patients on the basis of high anticipated diagnosis and treatment costs. The law applies when an individual seeks treatment for a medical ...
Her own doctor is definitely not one of them. "My primary care doctor is terrific," she said. "He listens to you, talks to you like you are a person, explains things and knows my medical history.
A Lexington emergency medicine doctor who did not examine the injuries of a woman in the Saint Joseph East Emergency Room after an arrest left her injured has entered an agreed order to dismiss ...
Physicians should clearly explain the risks from receiving the treatment and only administer the treatment after getting explicit written consent from the patient. Right to confidentiality, human dignity and privacy: Doctors should observe strict confidentiality of a patient's condition, with the only exception of potential threats to public ...