Objective: Informed consent and refusal of medical procedure and treatment are patient
rights that are used by parents or legal representatives of children. This study was …

Objective: Discharge against medical advice (DAMA) from emergency departments (EDs)
accounts for 0.1% to 2.7%. DAMA carries a risk of increased mortality and readmissions, and …

Voluntary discharge from health facilities affects all patient age groups and climates. It is
also called “discharge against medical advice”(DAMA) as the decision is opposed to the …

Leaving the hospital against medical advice (AMA) is uncommon. Approximately 2% of
annual discharges in the USA are deemed AMA. However, a closer look at the literature …

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a devastating diagnosis which carries a high mortality risk.
Echocardiography is often performed to risk stratify patients diagnosed with PE, and guide …

Background: A patient decides to leave the hospital against medical advice. Is this an erratic
eccentric behavior of the patient, or a gap in the quality of care provided by the hospital …

In a context of imperfect risk protection, households may protect against the impact of a
health shock by employing various financial and non-financial coping mechanisms, such as …

Patients give many reasons for leaving AMA (Table 2-4). 5, 6, 9, 14, 16, 17, 25, 31, 34-41
The main reasons include communication issues, drug addiction, long wait times …

Amaç: Aydınlatılmış onam ve beraberinde gelen tıbbi işlem ve tedaviyi reddetme hakkı,
çocukluk çağında ebeveynler veya yasal temsilciler tarafından kullanılmaktadır. Bu çalışma …

Background: To describe characteristics of sepsis patients who discharged against medical
advice (AMA), identify factors associated with AMA discharges in the patients, and evaluate …