Discharge against medical advice from inpatient psychiatric treatment: A literature review

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1192-1198

  Brook, Michael ^a   Hilty, Donald M ^b   Liu, Weiling ^c   Hu, Rona ^d   Frye, Mark A ^e  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; DISCHARGE AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 33747013329     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2006.57.8.1192     Document Type: Review

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