Pediatric Discharge Against Medical Advice: Experience from a Nigerian Secondary Healthcare Institution
Background and Objective: Often, discharge of children against medical advice has a negative effect on the well-being of the patient. To determine the prevalence of discharge against medical advice (DAMA) among hospitalized children and examine the reasons given by parents/guardians for such dischar...
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| Language: | English |
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Iran University of Medical Sciences
2011-12-01
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| Series: | Medical Journal of The Islamic Republic of Iran |
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| Online Access: | http://mjiri.tums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-282&slc_lang=en&sid=1 |