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| − | Against medical advice (AMA) is when a patient declines treatment | + | '''Against medical advice''' ('''AMA''') is when a patient declines treatment or leaves a facility contrary to a [[physician]]'s recommendation. Often this issue arises when a patient at a psychiatric facility insists on leaving, or his family insists on taking him away, despite a medical recommendation that he remain in the facility. |
| − | Physicians and medical facilities often have a form that is given to the patient for his signature to prove that he declined treatment or left against medical advice.<ref>http:// | + | Physicians and medical facilities often have a form that is given to the patient for his signature to prove that he declined treatment or left against medical advice.<ref>[http://www.co.marin.ca.us/hhs/ems/documents/Policies/8104.pdf Example of AMA form]</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 21:44, February 7, 2010
Against medical advice (AMA) is when a patient declines treatment or leaves a facility contrary to a physician's recommendation. Often this issue arises when a patient at a psychiatric facility insists on leaving, or his family insists on taking him away, despite a medical recommendation that he remain in the facility.
Physicians and medical facilities often have a form that is given to the patient for his signature to prove that he declined treatment or left against medical advice.[1]