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Discharge Against Medical Advice (DAMA) Forms – A Damaging Document
Author(s) -
Stanton Alan,
Powell Robin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
child abuse review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1099-0852
pISSN - 0952-9136
DOI - 10.1002/car.2234
Subject(s) - safeguarding , neglect , advice (programming) , against medical advice , collusion , medical advice , child protection , child abuse , wish , health professionals , health care , psychology , nursing , medicine , family medicine , medical emergency , poison control , suicide prevention , pediatrics , business , political science , sociology , law , industrial organization , computer science , programming language , anthropology
Key Practitioner Messages: Discharge Against Medical Advice (DAMA) forms are sometimes used when parents wish their children to be discharged against medical advice. We argue that there is no place for their use in the care of children; their use may amount to collusion with medical neglect, protecting neither child nor practitioner. Child safeguarding teams within healthcare provider organisations should ensure that DAMA forms are not used with respect to children.