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dc.contributor.authorNaidoo, Sudeshni
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-11T08:59:26Z
dc.date.available2015-09-11T08:59:26Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationNaidoo, S. (2013) Drug-abusing patients - Can I refuse to treat them?. Current Allergy & Clinical immunology, 26 (4)en_US
dc.identifier.issn1609-3607
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/1598
dc.description.abstractIn the past few months, there have been increasing numbers of drug-abusing patients attending my practice. More recently, an anorexic, very agitated and nervous 20-year-old presented at my consulting rooms requesting medication for pain. He reported using methamphetamine (‘tik’) for the better part of 5 years. When he was refused pain medication he became aggressive and violent towards staff members. What are my ethical obligations, and can I refuse to treat patients who abuse drugs?en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherALLSAen_US
dc.rightsOpen access journal
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dc.subjectDrug abuseen_US
dc.subjectPatientsen_US
dc.subjectTreatmenten_US
dc.titleDrug-abusing patients - Can I refuse to treat them?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.description.accreditationDepartment of HE and Training approved listen_US


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