Background: Discharge against Medical Advice (DAMA) is a problem for hospitals which
may result in increasing readmissions, morbidities, inabilities, deaths and health care costs …

Patients who leave against medical advice (LAMA) are both a concern and a challenge for
individuals in the health care field. Skillful communication, flexible routines, policies and …

Background Patients who leave the hospital before clinician certification of fitness are
referred to as discharge against medical advice (DAMA). This phenomenon of discharges …

Background. Discharge against medical advice (DAMA) is a global clinical phenomenon
contributing significantly to adverse patients' outcome. Literatures abound on self …

Discharge Against Medical Advice (DAMA) can be defined as a situation in which a patient
chooses to leave the hospital before the managing physician recommends discharge …

Background Discharge against medical advice (DAMA) is a relatively common problem
worldwide. We sought to determine the prevalence of and reasons for DAMA among …

Background: In low-resource regions of the world, discharge against medical advice (DAMA)
is one empiric contributory factor to poor in-hospital outcome that is not often mentioned …

Objectives Discharge against medical advice (DAMA) from the hospital may negatively
impact patients' well-being. The present study aimed to investigate the main reasons for …

We review the records of 79 tetanus patients in two hospitals (one tertiary and one
secondary level) in Owo, Ondo state, Nigeria from 1997 to 2006. The male: female ratio was …

Background: Discharge against medical advice (DAMA) is when a patient decides to leave
the hospital without the consent of the treating physician. It poses serious clinical, ethical …