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➤ What is patient abandonment in emergency medicine?
Patient abandonment in emergency medicine occurs when an on-call physician with an established duty stops treating or refuses to provide reasonable care without arranging an appropriate transfer. The duty exists once the physician accepts the patient or the hospital places the patient under their care. Abandonment creates immediate patient risk and can violate hospital bylaws and laws like EMTALA.