title: Closing ... closing ... closed.
abstract: What can a board do when all signs point to the need to close a hospital, but its community and the state's attorney general, is not buying it? Here's some legal guidance if you're in that position.
authors.affiliation: Gardner, Carton & Douglas, Chicago, USA. mperegrine@gcd.com
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Peregrine
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006075:Governing Board; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006271:Health Facility Closure / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000379:methods*; D011641:Public Relations; D014341:Trustees; D014481:United States