Drug-abusing patients - Can I refuse to treat them?

dc.contributor.author	Naidoo, Sudeshni
dc.date.accessioned	2015-09-11T08:59:26Z
dc.date.available	2015-09-11T08:59:26Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.description.abstract	In 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.description.accreditation	Department of HE and Training approved list	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Naidoo, S. (2013) Drug-abusing patients - Can I refuse to treat them?. Current Allergy & Clinical immunology, 26 (4)	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1609-3607
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10566/1598
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitter	false
dc.publisher	ALLSA	en_US
dc.rights	Open access journal
dc.rights
dc.status.ispeerreviewed	true
dc.subject	Drug abuse	en_US
dc.subject	Patients	en_US
dc.subject	Treatment	en_US
dc.title	Drug-abusing patients - Can I refuse to treat them?	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US

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