Ethical Obligation of Surgeons to Noncompliant Patients: Can a Surgeon Refuse to Operate on an Intravenous Drug-Abusing Patient With Recurrent Aortic Valve Prosthesis Infection?

DiMaio, J. M., Salerno, T. A., Bernstein, R., Araujo, K., Ricci, M., & Sade, R. M. (2009). Ethical Obligation of Surgeons to Noncompliant Patients: Can a Surgeon Refuse to Operate on an Intravenous Drug-Abusing Patient With Recurrent Aortic Valve Prosthesis Infection? Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 88(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.03.088