A Different Type of “Against Medical Advice”: When Patients Refuse Discharge

American Journal of Bioethics 21 (7):81-82 (2021)
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Patients are often eager to get out of the hospital; so eager that some decide to leave before their treatment team feels it is medically appropriate for them to do so. This is known as an AMA disc...

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10.1080/15265161.2021.1926162

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