4 Situations in Which Physicians Can Terminate the Physician-Patient Relationship

In a Physicians Practice report, Linda Sue Mangels, lays out four situations in which the physician can terminate the physician-patient relationship without facing allegations of abandonment.

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A physician must legally continue to provide care to a patient until one of the following occurs:

 

•    The patient terminates the physician-patient relationship.
•    The patient’s condition no longer requires the care of this particular physician.
•    The physician agreed to treat only a specific condition or agreed to treat only at a specific time or place.
•    The physician terminates the physician-patient relationship by notifying the patient in writing of withdrawal from care after a specific time that is stated in the letter.

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