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- Title
Responding to Patients Who Refuse to Wear Masks During the Covid-19 Pandemic.
- Authors
Lehmann, Eliyahu Y.; Lehmann, Lisa Soleymani
- Abstract
When a patient is disruptive, abusive, or persistently non-adherent, healthcare professionals are ethically justified in terminating the patient-physician relationship.[13], [14] Similarly, as long as a patient is not in need of acute care, healthcare professionals are ethically justified in refusing to provide in-person care to patients who refuse to wear a face covering. We also provide guidance for how clinicians can respond to patients who refuse to wear a mask, encouraging patient engagement and offering the alternative of care through telehealth. When patients' behavior poses a risk to healthcare workers and other patients, clinicians are justified in restricting the provision of care.
- Subjects
COVID-19 pandemic; MEDICAL masks; MEDICAL personnel; PATIENT participation
- Publication
JGIM: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2021, Vol 36, Issue 9, p2814
- ISSN
0884-8734
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1007/s11606-020-06323-x