Discharge Against Medical Advice From the Emergency Department
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Assessment of the Causes of Discharge against Medical Advice in Hospitalized Patients in Emergency Department
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0025-7974
DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000002788