Discharge against medical advice: Factors and patients′ characteristics in Abuth, Zaria
Background: Discharge against medical advice presents ethical dilemma to the medical staff and reflects a failure to reach consensus between the medical personnel and the patient or his/her custodian regarding the need for continued in-patient care. It also presents a challenge for the medical staff...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2011-01-01
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| Series: | Sahel Medical Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.smjonline.org/article.asp?issn=1118-8561;year=2011;volume=14;issue=3;spage=132;epage=135;aulast=Dahiru;type=0 |