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Legal questionFrom: Anna Meenan, MD (annam@uic.edu)Thu Mar 16 19:05:21 2006
OK, for the lawyers: A doc on another forum is having problems with a patient who is refusing to comply with the recommended treatments during her hospitalization for pneumonia (yes, I know this is an OB-gyn board, but this could come up for one of you guys too), notably she is refusing to allow discontinuation of her foley after the acute phase of her illness is over, mainly because she also doesn't want to get out of bed. Apparently she is a large woman with no inclination to move. I say just deflate the baloon and yank the foley and ignore her request to leave it in. Would it be considered assault to DISCONTINUE a foley? I say if there is no medical need for it, the doc could be liable if the lady gets septic from a UTI. What say the medico-legal experts?
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