Understanding Against Medical Advice, Informed Consent, and Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.

Authors :: Calienes Cerpa F
Anthony Colucciello S
Source :: Emergency medicine clinics of North America [Emerg Med Clin North Am] 2025 Feb; Vol. 43 (1), pp. 139-154. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 10.
Publication Year :: 2025
Abstract: As emergency medicine physicians, we engage in informed consent, have conversations with patients leaving against medical advice, and screen them daily. Better understanding these concepts and processes can improve patient care.<br />Competing Interests: Disclosure The authors have nothing to disclose.<br /> (Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Subjects :: Humans
Emergency Medicine legislation & jurisprudence
Physician-Patient Relations
United States
Informed Consent legislation & jurisprudence
Treatment Refusal legislation & jurisprudence

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