Refusal of medical assistance
Situation when a patient refuses any or all parts of medical treatment / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about voluntary refusal of medical assistance by patients. For refusal to treat a patient, see Omission (criminal law) § Failure to provide medical treatment.
In emergency medical services such as an ambulance squad, a refusal of medical assistance is the term for when a patient refuses any or all parts of medical treatment.