title: Financial penalties for failing to honor patient wishes to refuse treatment.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Gasner
mesh_terms: D024362:Advance Directive Adherence / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D002961:Civil Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D035881:Compensation and Redress / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005249:Fees and Charges; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D019726:Patient Self-Determination Act; D010820:Physicians / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012297:Right to Die / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States