The Abusive Patient: Where Do You Draw the Line?

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 31-35

  Zollo, Mary Bess ^a   Derse, Arthur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT 1990; CASE REPORT; CIVIL RIGHTS; CIVIL RIGHTS ACT 1964; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PATIENT; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REHABILITATION ACT 1973; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT 1990; CIVIL RIGHTS ACT 1964; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; REHABILITATION ACT 1973;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CIVIL RIGHTS; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENTS; REFUSAL TO TREAT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346789370     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3465496     Document Type: Article

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