vbid/9783319751306

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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 and health care quality will interest physicians and other health care professionals, social workers, hospital administrators, quality and risk managers, �clinician-educators, �and health services researchers.Typham this is the title: Against?Medical?Advice Discharges from the Hospital Optimizing Prevention and Management to Promote High Quality, Patient-Centered Care