TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - What are my obligations to my incarcerated patient?
JO  - Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
A1  - Kaiksow, Farah Acher
A1  - Patel, Deval
A1  - Fost, Norman
SP  - 18
EP  - 21
VL  - 90
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0891-1150
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.90a.22003
ID  - ref1
ER  -