General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 46-50 , January 2003

Discharge against medical advice at a general hospital in Catalonia

  • Rosó Duñó, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatry Department, Parc Tauli Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.:+00-44-34-93-7231010 (ext. 22018); fax:+00-44-34-93-7160646.
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  • Esther Pousa, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatry Department, Parc Tauli Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Jordi Sans, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Mataró Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Carles Tolosa, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Internal Medicine Department, Parc Tauli Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Ada Ruiz, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatry Department, Parc Tauli Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

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doi: 10.1016/S0163-8343(02)00253-0

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 46-50 , January 2003

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