IntroductionPatient abandonment is a form of neglect in which a patient receives no care or receives inadequate care. For a situation to be defined as abandonment in the legal sense, several conditions must be present. Healthcare professionals are usually careful to avoid these situations of legal and ethical liability. Examples of case law on patient abandonment and termination of professional relationships between medical professionals and patient, also there may be reasons that must be mutual and then we will look at what is right and wrong of medical professionals and the effects of a medical professional's decision from the point from a legal and ethical point of view. Also review the importance of maintaining skills to the point of mastery and review both implied and expressed consent along with confidentiality, documentation and information security.1.) Patient Abandonmenta. Interruption of treatment without giving notice to the patientb. Must have legitimate reasons to stop treatmentc. It exceeds the competence of healthcare professionals. Except in an emergency, be free to choose whom to serve (AMA page 101)2.) Examples of some case law on patient abandonment.a. Patient abandonment is a form of medical malpractice.b. Abandonment is the termination of the professional relationship between doctor and patient.c. Abandonment generally means the unilateral termination of the professional relationship between doctor and patient without adequate notice.3.) Reasons for withdrawala. Non-compliance The doctor moves or retires Falling in loveb. The doctor cannot transfer the care of a patient or his collaborator without the patient's consent.c. When a doctor abandons a patient nothing good comes... half of paper... a full patient report on the patient's condition. Only then can the patient be transferred or discharged from the care of the attending physician or nurse, until this is completed the patient is the responsibility of the attending physician or nurse. The healthcare professional must remember their References Health Professions Regulations – Uniform Disciplinary Law (RCW 18.130) http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=18.130 Violations of standards of nursing conduct or practice (WAC 246 -840-710): http://apps.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=246-840-710Nursing – (RCW 18.79) http://apps.leg.wa. gov/RCW /default.aspx?cite=18.79&full=trueJones Bartlett Editors: Right or Wrong Legal and Ethical Issues in Decision Making (Ch. 3) http://www.nursetogether.com/what-every-nurse-should- know-about-patient-abandonment http://www.nso.com/nursing-resources/article/63.jsp