How do you deal with patient abuse

Hey all As the title states - how do you all deal with this? I am pretty darn sick of patients being abusive, and I feel many attendings are very blah about this. I have a 0 tolerance policy towards this, and when I"m an attending in a few months I will immediately terminate the visit when a patient is being abusive. Today for example a patient muttered "white dumb bitch" under his breath - he was not bright enough to realize that I was right outside the door. I feel this is emotional and... How do you deal with patient abuse
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