Documentation shorthand
AMA
against medical advice
A discharge or departure the patient chooses despite a recommendation to stay. Documented as such, with the conversation that preceded it.
How it gets tested
Appears in documentation and legal-concept items: what an AMA note should contain, and the distinction between a competent adult’s right to refuse and an unsafe discharge.
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