Refusal of medical monitoring (labs, ekg's, etc) in patients on court compelled medications

I just finished a sub-acute rotation, which has been my favorite inpatient experience by far. However, the one unresolved issue that bothered me was the number of pts that we have on court-compelled medication who refuse essential monitoring. The classic case is a pt on an SGA who doesn't have an FLP, CMP, EKG, A1C, or even vitals due to refusing these items. I brought this up to one attending (not on that service), who said the best we can do is document the refusal and note that the pt... Read more
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