Can a surgeon refuse to operate on you?

Physicians can refuse to treat a patient when the treatment request is beyond the physician’s competence or the specific treatment is incompatible with the physician’s personal, religious, or moral beliefs. If no operation is performed, the surgeon still has the responsibility to care for the patient medically.

Do anesthesiologists get to interact with patients?

Many anesthesiologists are expanding their footprint outside the operating room and becoming more involved with patient care before and after surgery. Others are active in operating room and hospital leadership, and are going back to school for MBA or MHA degrees.

Can a doctor refuse to perform a surgery?

Quora User, Doctor, working at Medicine and Healthcare. A doctor can refuse to perform a surgery if he is not a surgeon. Even if he is a surgeon, he should refuse to perform the surgery that is outside his expertise.

Can a doctor refuse to perform a surgery in diabetic ketoacidosis?

For example, A surgeon may remove a gallbladder in a woman who is febrile and experiencing intermittent RUQ pain. However, in the setting of diabetic ketoacidosis, a surgeon would never perform that surgery. A doctor can refuse to perform a surgery if he is not a surgeon.

Can a Jehovah’s Witness decline surgery?

A Jehovahs Witness declines surgery where a transfusion is required. The surgeon insists on proceeding, but the Anaesthesiologist declines on the grounds that it would be battery & assault. A month old baby presents with intestinal obstruction, requiring surgery.

Are surgeons at risk for scrutiny?

Now, in some states the surgeon is a part of the care team and in all states they are at least at risk for scrutiny if the quality of care for the patient was brought into question. Some physicians refuse to answer curbside requests.