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		zw7 on Oct 11, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why do patients leave against medical advice? That's insane. Luckily in the US this can't happen (post 1986) as EDs cannot deny care to anyone under EMTALA.

rented_mule on Oct 11, 2023 | [–]

This was in San Francisco in 2016. Maybe it's not supposed to happen, but it can.

ClumsyPilot on Oct 12, 2023 | [–]

To Europeans, US is like the only place where this constantly happens.

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