Exploring the inner roots of discharge against medical advice (DAMA) in an academic psychiatric hospital: a qualitative study

Abstract Background To explore the roots of DAMA in the Roozbeh Hospital, an academic mental hospital located in Tehran, Iran, the authors conducted a simple qualitative study. Twenty-four in-depth semi-structured interviews with families and eight with patients who were discharged against medical a...

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Main Authors: Fatemeh Alidoust, Seyyed Taha Yahyavi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2022-09-01
Series:Middle East Current Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43045-022-00237-6