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Against medical advice (AMA) is when a patient declines treatment or tests, or leaves a facility, contrary to a physician's recommendation.  Often this issue arises when a patient at a psychiatric facility insists on leaving, or his family insists on taking him away, despite a medical recommendation that he remain in the facility.

Against medical advice (AMA) is when a patient declines treatment or tests, or leaves a facility, contrary to a [[physician]]'s recommendation.  Often this issue arises when a patient at a psychiatric facility insists on leaving, or his family insists on taking him away, despite a medical recommendation that he remain in the facility.

Physicians and medical facilities often have a form that is given to the patient for his signature to prove that he declined treatment or left against medical advice.<ref>http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:xlphScwziSsJ:www.ssvems.com/pdf/850b.pdf+AMA+%22against+medical+advice%22+form&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us</ref>

Physicians and medical facilities often have a form that is given to the patient for his signature to prove that he declined treatment or left against medical advice.<ref>http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:xlphScwziSsJ:www.ssvems.com/pdf/850b.pdf+AMA+%22against+medical+advice%22+form&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us</ref>