## Abstract Discharges against medical advice (AMA) account for approximately 1% of discharges for general medical patients. Patients discharged AMA have longer eventual hospital stays and worse health outcomes. These patients are also less likely to have an established relationship with a physicia
Professionalism and medical ethics
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 31 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1553-5592
- DOI
- 10.1002/jhm.60
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