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In part 1 of this 2-part series, Lesley Viner, VP of Risk Management at TMLT, describes guidelines and processes to help physicians dismiss patients appropriately and avoid allegations of abandonment.
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Part 2 (of 2) provides further instruction for appropriately dismissing patients to avoid allegations of abandonment. https://t.co/qizUuOssl8
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New, two-part video on our Resource Hub about terminating patients. This is a topic that we regularly receive questions about, and physicians must follow a specific process to avoid allegations of aba
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Terminating the Physician-Patient Relationship, Part 1
When dealing with difficult patients, physicians are sometimes left with no alternative than but to terminate the physician-patient relationship.
Terminating the Physician-Patient Relationship, Part 2