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Rule Set 13 - Uniform Jury Instructions — Civil - cited by 588 documents
Rule Set 13 - Uniform Jury Instructions — Civil - cited by 588 documents
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13-1115. Termination of physician-patient relation; abandonment.
A doctor's duty to a patient who is in need of care continues until the doctor has withdrawn from the case. A doctor cannot abandon the patient who is in need of continuing care. A doctor can withdraw by giving the patient reasonable notice under the circumstances.
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This instruction should be given in conjunction with either UJI 13-1101 or 13-1102 NMRA when evidence is presented in support of plaintiff's claim that the doctor abandoned his care without giving reasonable notice under the circumstances.
[As amended, effective January 1, 1987.]
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