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Ms. Hamlet has been a patient with Dr. X for 5 years. Dr. X has provided...
Ms. Hamlet has been a patient with Dr. X for 5 years. Dr. X
has provided Ms. Hamlet with excellent care and suggestions of how
to improve her health. Ms. Hamlet has continued refused to adopt
the recommendations that Dr. X has provided for her on a 6 month
evaluations.
Because of the lack of concern that Ms. Hamlet has shown for
her own health, Dr. X has decided to terminate Ms. Hamlet as a
patient from the practice. Dr. X is very concerned that Ms. Hamlet
cardiac status is failing. She has refused to take her medication,
exercise, eat a well balanced diet.
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