Dr. Dawn Holford, a specialist in decision-making psychology and the prevention of misinformation, explains why people pick ...

Discharges against medical advice (AMA) account for approximately 1% of discharges for general medical patients. Patients discharged AMA have longer eventual hospital stays and worse health outcomes.

You've likely seen warnings against taking aspirin as a preventative measure against heart attack and stroke. It isn't quite ...

No one ever asked about me. I felt so traumatised and disrespected, that I discharged us on Christmas Eve against medical advice. I cried hysterically all the way home from the hospital because I ...

Proponents of the plan to equip paramedics with buprenorphine call it the "missing link" in the bridge to recovery for many opioid addicts.

Less than two days after undergoing prostate removal surgery, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has left the hospital to attend a critical budget vote in the Knesset. A source familiar with the ...

Clinicians caring for patients who seek discharge AMA are often faced with emotionally charged and time-pressured treatment situations. These clinicians must weigh multiple considerations for the ...

A source familiar with the matter tells The Times of Israel that Netanyahu left Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital against the advice of his doctors and is expected to return. Netanyahu is seen taking ...