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Can a cancer patient agree to surgery and radiation but refuse chemo?
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∙ 9y ago
You can refuse any treatment you like, its your body.
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If a patient does not have insurance and can't afford the surgery can the hospital refuse them?
Yes. While an emergency room can not refuse to treat anyone, a hospital is not obliged to provide non emergency surgery.
Can a doctor force a patient to have a surgery when they are looking for alternative ways to fix the problem?
No. A patient or responsible party must consent to the surgery. A doctor may stop treating you if you refuse his health care directions.
Can a surgeon in Arizona make a patient enroll in a hospital drug treatment program and if they refuse not do the heart surgery needed?
Yes. The surgeon may feel that a drug user would not be able to survive the surgery and require that a patient successfully complete a rehabilitation program before performing surgery.
Can a psych patient refuse treatment?
A psych patient, I think, can refuse getting a treatment like any other patient, unless he endangers himself.
Can a doctor refuse care after he has done surgery?
The entire process should be made clear before the surgery is done. Sometimes the surgeon will only do the surgery and the family doctor or another doctor is responsible for all followup. Such a procedure should be made clear to the patient before the surgery. It is important that a family member or other person go with the patient to surgery to obtain follow up information. Frequently the patient is dazed and does not understand followup instructions. You should have written instructions for followup care that you received following surgery. That should tell you which medical personnel you are to use.
Can a Consultant refuse to treat overweight people even if it means their condition will get worse?
it depend on what they're trying to treat. if it's obesity and it's regarding surgery. then yes, if the patient is too overweight it is a concern wether they will survive the surgery.
Can your doctor refuse to do surgery if you smoke?
No, unless it is dangerous for your health. But even though wat, my or ur dokta can't refuse to do that surgery
Can dr refuse out patient care to a patient he treated in the er?
only if the patient is black or mexican
Can a nursing home refuse to take an elderly downs syndrome patient?
The nursing home has to have a valid reason to refuse a patient. Refusing a patient because they have Downs Syndrome would not be valid.
Can epo be used to bring up a hgb of 7 percent in a patient who refuses a blood transfusion?
Yes it can, and this trick is often used to prep people who refuse blood transfusions before surgery.
Can a Medicare participating hospital refuse a needed surgery on a Medicare patient?
Providers are not required to take Medicare (or Medicaid) patients. Hospitals are required to provide emergency care regardless of ability to pay.
Can a county health department dismiss a patient or refuse them treatment?
A health department can refuse a person service. They can refuse for different reasons.
