(July 3, 2014 at 9:32 pm)Rhythm Wrote:(July 2, 2014 at 7:04 pm)Losty Wrote: I'm not sure about Portugal. Hell I'm not even positive about USA, but I'm pretty sure a doctor is legally required to do whatever they can to save someone who is dying.Negatron. They are under no such legal obligations. They can be held accountable for malpractice - but if they refuse treatment, that's a non starter - and they -can- refuse treatment, for a variety of reason.
This is absolutely true. They can't refuse treatment for the host of usual unlawful discriminatory reasons, but they can absolutely refuse to treat because "fuck you, that's why" all they want.
Now, hospitals, on the other hand, have a legal obligation to stabilize a critical patient. Individual physicians, not so much.
