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tedgghtoday at 3:11 AM1 replyview on HN

“ This time he didn’t have a choice. He was loaded into an ambulance for a six-mile transfer, evaluated without additional treatment, and sent home the same night.”

This is weird, why didn’t he have a choice? I have literally walked out of a hospital with IVs still attached to my arms when I disagreed on course of treatment that included hospitalization for a case of white coat syndrome. They also wanted me to wait one hour to sign a waiver, which I unkindly refused.


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SoftTalkertoday at 3:27 AM

Yeah you're always free to decline medical services. Nobody can make you go to the hospital (unless you're unconscious or in delirious but then you aren't deciding anything).