Can I terminate a noncompliant patient without being sued?

June 15, 2008

Many physicians would consider termination of a noncompliant patient to be the nuclear option.

But Cambridge attorney Martin Foster, who represents physicians, says they need to be willing to pull out of the physician-patient relationship when there are no clinical barriers to compliance, and the patient knows the risks of noncompliance, yet refuses to follow the suggested course of treatment.

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