When a Patient Is Behaving Badly

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Code of Medical Ethics of the American Medical Association: Current Opinions with Annotations, 2006–2007 Edition. Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs. Annotations prepared by the Southern Illinois University Schools of Medicine and Law. The subsection on Termination of the Physician-Patient Relationship (8.115) is relevant to this case.
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(2008). When a Patient Is Behaving Badly. In: Evidence-Based Medical Ethics. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-246-9_9