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How to Approach Psych Patients Who Refuse Treatment in the Emergency Department

By Eileen F. Baker, MD, PHD, FACEP; Jay Brenner, MD, FACEP; Samantha Chao, MD; Arthur Derse, MD, JD, FACEP; Catherine Marco, MD, FACEP; and Laura Vearrier, MD, DBE, FACEP, HEC-C | on May 12, 2022 | 0 Comment
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Dr. Brenner is professor of emergency medicine at SUNY-Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. 

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Dr. Chao is house officer in emergency medicine at the University of Michigan. 

Dr. Derse is the Julia and David Uihlein chair in medical humanities and professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin. 

Dr. Marco is professor of emergency medicine & surgery at Wright State University and ACEP Now associate editor. 

Dr. Vearrier is an emergency medicine physician at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.

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Topics: against medical adviceEthicsLegalPsychiatricpsychiatric holdrefusing treatment

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