Can patients just say no to treatment?

Physician
January 19, 2022

When can a patient say “yes” or “no” to a recommended colonoscopy? A blood transfusion? A COVID vaccine?

As 2022 opens, health officials predict a tsunami of new coronavirus cases worldwide due to the Omicron and Delta variants. For more than a year, official messaging has been that vaccination is the way out of the pandemic.

But ongoing vaccine hesitancy has hindered progress. The Centers for …

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