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  2. Refusal of medical assistance - Wikipedia

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    In a typical emergency call, the ambulance service will assess and transport the patient to an appropriate facility. The ambulance squad's duty towards the patient begins with patient contact and generally ends with transfer to the emergency department of the receiving hospital. However, emergency calls may terminate in other ways.

  3. List of English-language expressions related to death

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    The act of killing by removing a person's head, usually with an axe or other bladed instrument A much-favoured method of execution used around the world. Notable examples include the French Revolution via guillotine, and the Tudor times using an axe. Deleted Murdered Literary Defenestration: The act of killing by throwing a person out of a window

  4. Hospital visitors asked to stay away if unwell - AOL

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    Friends and relatives of people in hospital have been asked to stay away if they feel unwell due to what the NHS said was "unprecedented demand". People in Norfolk and Waveney in Suffolk have also ...

  5. Patient dumping - Wikipedia

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    Patients living in poverty or in homelessness are often seen as less than ideal patients for hospital administrations because they are unlikely to be able to pay for their healthcare and tend to be hospitalized with severe illness. [4] [5] Other factors associated with patient dumping are being part of a minority group and being uninsured. [5]

  6. Cancer patients say this hospital turned them away - AOL

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    Options in El Paso are at least 45 minutes away, and some plans do not cover care in other states. The denials do not occur in Memorial’s emergency department, say the people who spoke with NBC ...

  7. Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women ... - AOL

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    Emergency crews, who arrived 20 minutes later and transferred the woman to a hospital, appeared confused over the staff's refusal to help the woman, according to 911 call transcripts.

  8. List of age-related terms with negative connotations - Wikipedia

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    Baby: Term often used to tease others for being childish or too young, or for behaving in an immature way. Bag lady: A homeless old woman or vagrant. Barely legal: [6] A term used to market pornography featuring young people who are "barely legal" (only just reached legal age of majority or the age of consent, or both). The term fetishizes ...

  9. Involuntary commitment - Wikipedia

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    People with suicidal thoughts may act on these impulses and harm or kill themselves. People with psychosis are occasionally driven by their delusions or hallucinations to harm themselves or others. Research has found that those with schizophrenia are between 3.4 and 7.4 times more likely to engage in violent behaviour than members of the ...