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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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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