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Beyond the Waiver: An Ethical Approach to Discharge Against Medical Advice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2018

JEREMY CHIN  and
ROSALIND MCDOUGALL
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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , April 2018 , pp. 348 - 352
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