Patients Leaving AMA (Against Medical Advice) This is a hot-button topic for healthcare providers and insurance companies. Your Chapter 6 PowerPoint states that Healthcare Ethics dictates that patients have autonomy and decision-making rights in their own care. Yet, patients are not technically allowed to leave a hospital until they have been formally discharged by a doctor. If they leave on their own accord, their stay is typically not covered. In your opinion, is a patient leaving AMA ever ok?

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Patient safety and privacy must be balanced in the complicated topic of patient protests against medical advice AMA The following are some things to r... View the full answer