期刊全称 | Against‐Medical‐Advice Discharges from the Hospital | 期刊简称 | Optimizing Preventio | 影响因子2023 | David Alfandre | 视频video | | 发行地址 | First-of-its-kind text addressing the problem of against medical advice discharges in hospital-based healthcare.Provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary overview of a significant health care qualit | 图书封面 |  | 影响因子 | This first-of-its-kind text provides a multidisciplinary overview of a significant problem in hospital-based healthcare: patients who decline inpatient medical care and leave the hospital against medical advice (AMA). Compared to standard hospital discharges, AMA discharges are associated with worse health and health services outcomes. Patients discharged AMA have been found to have disproportionately higher rates of substance use, psychiatric illness, and report stigmatization and reduced access to care. By providing a far reaching examination of AMA discharges for a wide academic and clinical audience, the book serves as a reference for clinical care, research, and the development of professional guidelines and institutional policy. The book provides both a broad overview of AMA discharges with chapters on the epidemiology, ethical and legal aspects, as well as social science perspectives. For clinicians in the disciplines of hospital medicine, pediatrics, emergency medicine, nursing, and psychiatry, the book also provides a patient-centered analysis of the problem, case-based discussions, and a discussion of best practices. This comprehensive review of AMA discharges an | Pindex | Book 2018 |
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