@article{ref1,
title="What are my obligations to my incarcerated patient?",
journal="Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine",
year="2023",
author="Kaiksow, Farah Acher and Patel, Deval and Fost, Norman",
volume="90",
number="1",
pages="18-21",
abstract="A 45-year-old man is brought to the emergency department with a self-inflicted forearm laceration. He is incarcerated and under the care of the Department of Corrections (DOC). The patient has a history of self-harm and iron deficiency anemia, and his baseline hemoglobin is 6 to 7 g/dL (reference range 13.0-17.0). On presentation to the emergency department, his vital signs are stable, he has no symptoms of blood loss, and his hemoglobin is 5.2 g/dL. A DOC representative presents a court order that authorizes a blood transfusion when the hemoglobin level is less than 6 g/dL, but the patient refuses the transfusion. As his caregiver, am I obligated to follow the court order against the patient's wishes?<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0891-1150",
doi="10.3949/ccjm.90a.22003",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.90a.22003"
}