Does verbal abuse trump a patients right to treatment?

How much verbal abuse is a therapist expected to take before they are allowed to refuse to treat someone. We are taught from the start of our degree that the patient always comes first that we cannot hold the view, actions and values of the patient against them when we are treating them. That we must provide the same quality of care to everyone no matter what the have done or what they say.

And although we must respect the patients right to refuse treatment we must have extenuating cause to refuse to treat a patient. This ultimately teaches us that we must put aside our own comfort for the comfort of our patients.

But how far does this stretch? Obviously our physical safety is more important than treating a patient and of they threaten or are inappropriate physically with us we have the right to stop treating them and walk away. But abuse and health are not always physical, one can take strain mentally and be abused verbally and emotionally. How much racism, sexism or any other type of verbal abuse do we take before we are “allowed” to remove ourselves from the situation.

Understandably there are some situations when someone is being verbally abusive due to the condition they have, but does that mean we need to put aside our own feelings and mental stability