Sentences with phrase «against medical advice»

It's a good idea to give the organization a call and report their advice to your doctors, before going against medical advice.

All other procedures were done in my room, and I again signed myself out Against Medical Advice.

This is considered against medical advice, and the likelihood of complications can not be assessed without these diagnostics.

The pet owners chose to remove the animals from their facility against medical advice, she said.

There were many times I felt that if they didn't grow it would be all my fault since I had gone against this medical advice.

A key indicator of the current poor levels of cultural safety in health care delivery within the hospital setting is the unacceptable rate of discharge against medical advice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

In the two years to June 2013, as reported in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework 2014, the rate of discharge against medical advice for Indigenous patients was eight times that of non-Indigenous patients.

She had a history of previous C - section, went against medical advice in choosing homebirth, ruptured her uterus, had her baby's life save and her life saved by a repeat C - section and lost her uterus and wound up in the ICU on a ventilator having received multiple transfusions.

But it is worth noting that the Nursing and Midwifery Council's 2006 Circular on Home Birth states that, where a woman has chosen to give birth at home against medical advice, a midwife has a duty of care to attend her.

They then changed their minds, allegedly against medical advice, and put a clearly ill Ronaldo on the pitch.

do you think this will be a cautionary tale to the woman who sued for the right to homebirth against medical advice?

If you're feeding your baby home made formula with raw milk — I'm going to judge you If you try for a freebirth — judge If you're having an hbac7c against all medical advice — judge If you're making how you feed you baby about YOU and not feeding the baby — I'm going to judge you.

I'm talking about the breech, vbac, twins, etc who decide to home birth against medical advice.

«After writing an editorial criticizing Babywise in a magazine of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Matt Aney said he was flooded with calls from nurses and other pediatricians complaining about Babywise parents who would not give up strict feeding schedules against medical advice.

I am sure you mean well, but many people find posts like this on blogs and use it to justify feeding cats a vegetarian diet against medical advice, causing vitamin deficiencies and other health issues.

It said institutionalised racism, lack of cultural safety and distrust in the health sector was already affecting access and outcomes for Indigenous people, with high rates of discharge against medical advice contributing to chronic ill health including diabetes, kidney disease and cancer.

Health Policy Issues Brief: An evidence - based approach to reducing discharge against medical advice amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients

Aboriginal people are often not used to air conditioned environments, the letter says — one reason why they often discharge themselves from hospital against medical advice.

«Having helped many constituents obtain addiction services, it is clear what this organisation is saying goes against all medical advice, and almost going into dangerous territory.

This equates to around 5 % of all Indigenous hospitalisations in the period July 2011 to June 2013 resulting in discharge against medical advice, as compared to the non-Indigenous rate of 0.5 %.

By the Friday, we'd had enough, we discharged ourselves against medical advice and lo and behold, J was fine!

I wanted to breastfeed so desperately that I went against medical advice.

Possible reasons include providers misunderstanding or misapplying the guidelines, or patients being informed that total laryngectomy is the preferred treatment, but refusing it against medical advice and opting for chemoradiation due to concerns about quality of life and loss of normal voice function after total laryngectomy.

(If a doula ever tries to give you medical advice or directly suggests that you go against medical advice, this should be a red flag).

Ben then leaves the hospital against medical advice.

Within her right but against medical advice, Pat's mother Dolores (Jacki Weaver) pulls him out of the institution to come back to his Philadelphia home to live with her and Pat Sr. (Robert De Niro), a fanatical, highly superstitious Philadelphia Eagles fan who, having recently lost his job, now relies on a home bookmaking business.

Against medical advice, he resumed training while still confined to a medieval - looking «Halo» neck restraint screwed into his skull by four thumb - sized bolts.

In that setting, there is standard legal boilerplate (varies somewhat from institution to institution) which care providers ask patients to sign if they wish to leave against medical advice («AMA»).

He decided, against medical advice, to keep the ventilator; Ruth and Simon went on to have twins in 2012.

After three years of rehabilitation with the help of her mother and her husband (and against medical advice), she eventually rode again.

Health officials dispute Speaker's version, saying that he was told that traveling is against medical advice.

Further, the HPF 2014 reported discharge from hospital against medical advice was eight times the rate for Indigenous Australians compared with non-Indigenous Australians.