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Emergency Medicine Cases

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Is Your Patient Capable of Making a Decision?

Dr. Tang: If a patient wants to leave against medical advice, a signed form is all that is required. He says the first thing to think about is whether the patient is actually capable of making this decision. "It would be prudent to verify the patient's understanding of their illness," he says.

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