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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?

Surgeon RefuseMedical EthicsEthical ObligationMedicinePatient SafetyNoncompliant PatientsMedical LawValve DiseaseBioethicsSurgeryAnesthesiologyPerioperative MedicineSurgical CareCardiothoracic Surgery