PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - B Hurwitz
TI  - Pressuring Mrs Thomas to accept treatment: a case history.
AID  - 10.1136/jme.24.5.320
DP  - 1998 Oct 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - 320--321
VI  - 24
IP  - 5
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/24/5/320.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/24/5/320.full
SO  - J Med Ethics1998 Oct 01; 24
AB  - 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.