%0 Journal Article %A B Hurwitz %T Pressuring Mrs Thomas to accept treatment: a case history. %D 1998 %R 10.1136/jme.24.5.320 %J Journal of Medical Ethics %P 320-321 %V 24 %N 5 %X A general practitioner (GP) recounts events which unfolded after visiting a patient at home. She was found to be suffering from an entirely curable clinical condition which was worsening as a result of refusal to accept effective medical treatment. The effects upon a grown-up son of the patient's refusal, and the increasing burden of care falling upon local district nursing services, were factors which influenced the GP's thinking and decision making. %U https://jme.bmj.com/content/medethics/24/5/320.full.pdf