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Optimizing Outcomes When Patients Leave Against Medical AdviceOptimizing Outcomes When Patients Leave Against Medical AdviceOptimizing Outcomes When Patients Leave Against Medical Advice

• Objective: To examine the epidemiology of patients leaving against medical advice (AMA) and offer recommendations for delivering high-quality care. • Design: Case presentations and review of the litera-

'Why do my patients leave me?'.

Arranging for study leave.

to study leave. It is not strictly an entitlement, since pressing service duties to patients may cause the leave to be waived. Nevertheless, most employing authorities are generous in their interpretation of the regulations, which may be found in the Terms and Conditions of Service for Hospital Medical and Dental Staff (England and Wales), revised in April 1981. All doctors on first appointment...

To leave or not to leave.

Lies, damned lies and Brexit statistics. It's not been a good month for anyone espousing evidence-based policy and politics after the chair of the Commons health committee switched from Leave to Remain, citing misuse of data by the Leave campaign.

Has Family Leave Legislation Increased Leave-Taking?

In 1993, the federal government passed the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which gives eligible employees twelve weeks of job-protected unpaid leave from work per year to address family issues. Employees are eligible for family leave under the FMLA if they have worked for their employer for at least a year, accumulating at least 1,250 work hours. Employers are covered if they employ at lea...