[Refusal of care, a discriminatory act?]
Grégoire Moutel1, Bertille Suzat2, Guillaume Grandazzi3
1Équipe Anticipe Inserm U1086, Université de Caen Normandie, esplanade de la Paix, 14032 Caen cedex 5, France; Service de médecine légale et droit de santé, CHU Caen, avenue de la Côte-de-Nacre, CS 30001, 14033 Caen cedex 9, France; Espace régional de réflexion éthique de Normandie, avenue de la Côte-de-Nacre, CS 30001, 14033 Caen cedex 9, France.
Abstract:
If a patient can refuse care, health professionals may refuse to treat a person, an act often considered discriminatory. Investigations have been carried out to shed light on this practice. This notion calls for a philosophical and ethical point of view.
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