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	Leaving hospital against medical advice among HIV-positive patients -- Anis et al. 167 (6): 633 -- Canadian Medical ...
		leaving hospital against medical advice in this population.
		of discharge against medical advice and to estimate the impact
		(13%) of the patients left the hospital against medical advice.
	www.cmaj.ca /cgi/content/abstract/167/6/633 (434 words)

	Against medical advice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Against Medical Advice, or AMA is a term used with a patient who checks himself out of a hospital against the advice of his doctor.
		While it may not be medically wise for the person to leave early, in most cases the wishes of the patient are considered first.
		The patient is usually asked to sign a form stating that he is aware that he is leaving the facility against medical advice, and the AMA term is used on reports concering the patient.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Against_medical_advice (199 words)

	UH Compliance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Inform patient of benefits of obtaining medical screening examination and treatment, risks of withdrawal prior to receiving such examination and treatment, and the right to a medical screening examination regardless of payer status.
		Document on triage form /medical record that patient was informed of specifics benefits of obtaining medical screening examination and specifics risks in leaving.
		Document on medical record that patient was informed of specific benefits of obtaining medical screening examination and specific risks in leaving.
	www.umdnj.edu /uhcomweb/policy/policy03_walkouts.htm (892 words)

	Journal of Family Practice: Does Identifying a Discharge as "Against Medical Advice" Confer Legal Protection?
		When the medical staff perceived imminent and serious danger to the patient by discharge, steps were taken to obtain psychiatric consultations and to assess mental competency,[2] Psychosocial factors involved in the decision of a patient to leave against medical advice include anger, overwhelming fear, and psychosis.
		In this medical malpractice case, the trial court granted motions to dismiss the complaint against Misericordia on the basis that the actions of the hospital had not led directly to the damage to the patient.
		In Hawkins v Brooklyn-Caledonian Hospital,[15] the patient brought an action against the hospital claiming that the failure of a physician to obtain assistance inserting a subclavian catheter and to properly insert the catheter, the tip of which broke off inside the patient's body during the procedure, was a departure from good and accepted medical practice.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0689/is_3_49/ai_61522766 (1253 words)

	Shaare Zedek Medical Center - Publications- Against Medical Advice
		In the words of the Talmud: "the Torah permits medical practice."(25) In short, physicians are permitted to treat the sick even though it is fundamentally wrong for the sick to seek medical treatment.
		Since medical therapy has become the common practice, it follows that medical practitioners need not fear that they are usurping G-d's role as "the healer of all flesh" since the patients are indeed subject to the laws of nature and the practitioner can indeed cure them with medical science.
		Medical treatment is required only for those who put their trust in medicine.
	www.szmc.org.il /index.asp?id=97&top=2&page_id=232 (7605 words)

	Discharges against medical advice: time to address the causes -- Saitz 167 (6): 647 -- Canadian Medical Association ...
		Discharge against medical advice is of concern because it is
		Characteristics of patients with pneumonia who are discharged from hospitals against medical advice.
		Predictors of discharges against medical advice from a short-term hospital detoxification unit.
	www.cmaj.ca /cgi/content/full/167/6/647 (1335 words)

	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Hemorrhagic stroke
		Medications may relieve headache but should be used with caution because they may reduce consciousness.
		Antihypertensive medications may be prescribed to moderately reduce high blood pressure.
		Medications such as phenytoin may be needed to prevent or treat seizures.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/000761.htm (1906 words)

	American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse: Why patients sign out against medical advice : factors motivating patients ...
		The phenomenon of AMA discharge is fairly common on general medical and psychiatric units.
		All AMA discharges were male, 59% were African American, 43.6% were white, and the mean age was 45.1 ([+ or -] 8.30) for the group.
		AMA discharge rates range from 16.8% (4) and 23.5% (1), to 50% on short-term hospital detoxification units (5).
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0978/is_2_30/ai_n6172340 (1303 words)

	Leaving hospital against medical advice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Leaving hospital against medical advice (AMA) is a common and frustrating problem for health care providers.
		The authors found that departure on the day that welfare cheques were issued and a history of injection drug use were significant predictors of this action.
		Most troubling, however, is the finding that patients leaving AMA were more likely to be readmitted with the same diagnosis.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2002-09/cmaj-lha091202.php (201 words)

	Practitioners weigh athletes' rehabilitation and desire to play
		Knowledge of the athlete's medical history, a condition-specific physical assessment, including suitable medical tests and consultations, and an evaluation of the athlete's psychosocial state in regards to the injury are key components, according to the consensus statement.
		If an adult athlete wants to play against medical advice, the practitioner team makes sure that the athlete understands the potential consequences of playing with the injury, encourages second opinions when possible, and fosters communication between the physician, the coach, the trainer, and the athlete.
		Keeping thorough and accurate records of treatment is crucial, not only in cases in which the athlete decides to play against medical advice, but also to foster communication between members of the athlete's team of caregivers.
	www.biomech.com /showArticle.jhtml?articleID=164301623 (2195 words)

	AMA (Virtual Mentor) Clinical Case 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Another common misconception is that a signature on an "against medical advice" (AMA) form is sufficient to allow a patient to leave.
		If the patient is able and willing to answer questions appropriately and understands the risks of leaving against medical advice, he should be allowed to leave.
		She is also an associate professor at the Medical College of Ohio and an attending physician at St Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio.
	www.ama-assn.org /ama/pub/category/9575.html (1162 words)

	Leaving Hospital Against Medical Advice -- MEDICA Portal
		A new study in CMAJ indicates that patients who leave hospital against medical advice (AMA) will likely be back, and soon.
		The authors report that patients who left hospital AMA were much more likely to be readmitted (21% v.
		The authors state that given there are more than 20 000 discharges AMA in Canada every year, the problem has the potential to have a serious effect on patients and the health system.
	www.medica.de /cipp/md_medica/custom/pub/content,ticket,g_u_e_s_t/local_lang,2/lang,2/oid,9089 (155 words)

	Healthopedia.com - Medical Encyclopedia
		The information provided herein is intended for your general knowledge only and is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment for specific medical conditions.
		The information should not be used during any medical emergency or for the diagnosis or treatment of any medical condition.
		A licensed physician should be consulted for diagnosis and treatment of any and all medical conditions.
	www.healthopedia.com /encyclopedia.html (188 words)

	Against all advice: A statewide analysis of injured EMS patients who refused care or hospital transport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Against all advice: A statewide analysis of injured EMS patients who refused care or hospital transport
		The rate of ED care per 100 EMS patients was 16.4 for patients treated and released with medical advice, 16.8 for patients who refused care, and 24.8 for patients treated and released against medical advice.
		Patients who were treated and released against medical advice came on average from ZIP codes with a median income approximately $10,000 less than the other EMS patients.
	apha.confex.com /apha/129am/techprogram/paper_23474.htm (335 words)

	Leaving Against Medical Advice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Although this is not your first choice and there may be risks involved, this should be explained to the patient.
		It is wrong to say that once a patient leaves AMA, you will not see them again.
		AMA but efforts should be to reduce that number to a minimum.
	www.tsged.com /Newsletters/Leaving_Against_Medical_Advice.htm (355 words)

	Drug Classification : medical terms medical encyclopedia medical advice
		Drugs can be classified in many ways: by the way they are dispensed--over the counter or by prescription; by the substance from which they are derived-plant, mineral, or animal; by the form they take-capsule, liquid, or gas; and by the way they are administered-by mouth, injection, inhalation, or direct application to the skin (absorption).
		Another way to categorize drugs is by the way they act against diseases or disorders: chemotherapeutic drugs attack specific organisms that cause a disease without harming the host, while pharmocodynamic drugs alter the function of bodily systems by stimulating or depressing normal cell activity in a given system.
		The most common way to categorize a drug is by its effect on a particular area of the body or a particular condition.
	www.medicalbooks.com /drug-classification.html (213 words)

	medical-advice-nausea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In some cases bone spurs on vertebral medical-advice-nausea bodies and degenerative changes press along the spine against nerves or the spinal cord causing numbness, weakness, or pain to develop in the area supplied by those nerves.
		The treatment of JRA is to alleviate pain and swelling caused by the inflammation which can be medical-advice-nausea done by antiinflammatory medications and splinting the joint or providing the patient with crutches so that a sore joint is not used as much.
		Although the benefits of surgery should be weighed against the risks involved as patients with myelopathy are often old and frail.
	www.yourdiagnosis.com /medical-advice/medical-advice-nausea.htm (5764 words)

	Overlawyered.com archive -- Feb. 2000 pt. II
		If he appeared not to understand his surroundings, she ruled, he would be forcibly given his medication." The new trial is expected to last at least a month; the first ended in a jury deadlock and mistrial.
		The National Association of Recording Merchandisers has filed suit against Sony for the purported offense of including hyperlinks and promotional inserts in or with its music products that enable/encourage consumers to use its online store, thus "diverting" them away from their destined role as future purchasers at the retail outlet.
		Ignoring the advice of both his own subordinates and the medical profession, President Clinton is expected today to unveil a package of measures aimed at combating "medical errors" among doctors, hospitals and other medical providers.
	www.overlawyered.com /archives/00feb2.html (5135 words)

	Medical Advice - Biggest medical resource on the Internet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Advice Monkey is here to help you find a medical malpractice, personal injury or mesothelioma lawyer.
		Advice Page for Canadian Pre-Meds is a web-site geared towards the Canadian high school, or university premed student considering attending a Canadian medical...
		and is not engaged in rendering medical advice.
	medical.se-smack.info /index.php?k=medical-advice (1312 words)

	Medical Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Medical Encyclopedia - Topic index English English Topics - Letter a English Topics - Letter b English Topics - Letter c English Topics - Letter d English Topics - Letter e English Topics - Letter f...
		Over 20,000 medical terms are defined and illustrated, and there's a complete atlas of...
		Medical Spa treatments include water, massage therapy, mud packs.
	www.zenmedical.com /medicalencyclopedia (831 words)

	Discharges against medical advice at regional acute care hospitals. -- Smith and Telles 81 (2): 212 -- American Journal ...
		Discharges against medical advice at regional acute care hospitals.
		Urban community hospitals had the highest percent of AMA discharges.
		Predictors and Outcome of Discharge Against Medical Advice From the Psychiatric Units of a General Hospital
	www.ajph.org /cgi/content/abstract/81/2/212 (206 words)

	Medical Formulary for Pigeons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Just because a drug is noted to be effective against many cases of E. coli doesn't mean it is effective against all cases.
		Description: Chloramphenicol is a bacteriostatic antibiotic used against a broad range of gram + and gram - bacteria.
		Description: Lincomycin is in the macrolide family of antibiotics and is bacteriostatic against gram + bacteria and mycoplasmas.
	members.aol.com /duiven/vet.htm (2155 words)

	Safeguard Against Medical Mistakes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		One cause of medical errors cited by the IOM report was doctors' notoriously poor handwriting that leaves pharmacists squinting to decipher a dose or the name of the prescribed drug.
		IOM researchers noted that the majority of medical efforts come not from individual negligence but rather from flaws in the way the nation's health system is organized, such as the practice of handwriting in prescriptions and in medical records.
		It is not a substitute for professional medical advice.
	www.healthatoz.com /healthatoz/Atoz/dc/tp/alert12031999.jsp (773 words)

	OIG Targets Hospital Billing for Medicare Left-Against-Medical-Advice Discharges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Trouble is brewing around hospital billing for patients who left one PPS hospital against medical advice and then were admitted to another PPS hospital on the same day.
		The HHS Office of Inspector General alleges that some hospitals cast transfers as patients who left against medical advice (LAMA) because they can be billed as discharges.
		But the OIG seems to believe some hospitals are pretending that transferred patients left against medical advice to justify billing them as discharges.
	www.aishealth.com /Compliance/ResearchTools/RMCHHSOIG.html (827 words)

	University Medical Center - Medical Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Amantadine (antiviral medication) may be indicated for the elderly and people with heart or lung conditions, who face increased risk of more serious illness associated with influenza.
		Anti-influenza vaccines (flu shots) are recommended annually for people who are 65 years of age or older, anyone with chronic heart or lung conditions, and those living in institutions.
		For older individuals who have been exposed to the virus, the drug amantadine may be given to prevent them from actually getting the flu.
	www.umcsn.com /search/encyc_details.asp?TermID=9 (361 words)

	An intervention to reduce the rate of hospital discharges against medical advice -- Targum et al. 139 (5): 657 -- Am J ...
		An intervention to reduce the rate of hospital discharges against medical advice -- Targum et al.
		An intervention to reduce the rate of hospital discharges against medical advice
		hospital discharges against medical advice relative to the rate in 1979 and
	ajp.psychiatryonline.org /cgi/content/abstract/139/5/657 (232 words)

	Predictors and Outcome of Discharge Against Medical Advice From the Psychiatric Units of a General Hospital -- Pages et ...
		Predictors and Outcome of Discharge Against Medical Advice From the Psychiatric Units of a General Hospital -- Pages et al.
		AMA discharges, as measured by poorer symptom ratings at discharge
		AMA were significantly less likely to be Caucasian or to be
	psychservices.psychiatryonline.org /cgi/content/abstract/49/9/1187 (340 words)

	HIV Patients Check Out of Hospital Against Medical Advice to Collect Welfare
		Medical staff personnel treating Vancouver's HIV/AIDS patients call the phenomenon "Welfare Wednesdays." HIV/AIDS in- patients at St. Paul's Hospital in Toronto frequently check themselves out, against medical advice, before their treatment is completed.
		The researchers found these patients were readmitted more frequently than patients who stayed until they were discharged by their doctors.
		It is not meant to be a substitute for the advice provided by your own physician or other medical professionals.
	www.aegis.com /news/ads/2002/AD021797.html (651 words)

	DEFIANT BIRTH: Have YOU Given Birth Against Medical Advice? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		However, these options, insights, and corresponding medical advice have also forced new dilemmas and choices on women during pregnancy.
		The fact that women do not have to carry difficult pregnancies to term is increasingly accompanied by the notion that they should not.
		The medical expectation that some women should relinquish their right to have their babies places those women who pursue a defiant birth in the unenviable position of defying specialist doctors who not only disapprove of their choice, but often hold their or their babies’ lives in their hands.
	www.defiantbirth.com (172 words)

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