Does identifying a discharge as 'against medical advice' confer legal protection?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 224-227

  Devitt, Patrick J ^a   Devitt, Aoifinn C ^b   Dewan, Mantosh ^b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Liability, legal; Malpractice; Patient discharge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITALIZATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LIABILITY; NEGLIGENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; JURISPRUDENCE; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; MALPRACTICE; NEW YORK; PATIENT DISCHARGE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033912486     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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