title: Avoiding claims of patient abandonment--terminating services appropriately.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Michael
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Summers
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards*; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016079:Refusal to Treat / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012308:Risk Management; D014481:United States