title: Walk a fine line if your patient wants to leave AMA.
abstract: What should you do? Take this attorney's advice to protect yourself and your facility from legal repercussions.
authors.affiliation: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Austin
mesh_terms: D004282:Documentation; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016365:Liability, Legal; D009729:Nursing; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States