Hospital detention practices: statement of a global taskforce

Hospital detention practices can be defined as refusal to release living patients after medical discharge is clinically indicated, or refusal to release bodies of deceased patients, when families are unable to pay hospital bills.1-3 Each additional day for which patients are detained adds to their b...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2015-08, Vol.386 (9994), p.649-649
Main Authors: Mostert, Saskia, Lam, Catherine G, Njuguna, Festus, Patenaude, Andrea F, Kulkarni, Ketan, Salaverria, Carmen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Global Health
Health care
Hospitals
Human rights
Human Rights Abuses
Humans
Internal Medicine
Organizational Policy
Patient Advocacy
Patient Discharge
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Summary:Hospital detention practices can be defined as refusal to release living patients after medical discharge is clinically indicated, or refusal to release bodies of deceased patients, when families are unable to pay hospital bills.1-3 Each additional day for which patients are detained adds to their bills, increasingly hindering families' ability to obtain patients' release.2
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(15)61495-7