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Absconders from a district general hospital
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2018
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The patient absconding without leave (AWOL) produces considerable anxiety to staff, relatives and the public, and involves a great deal of staff time in notification, search and enquiry to the detriment of the care of other patients. Incidents of AWOL are potentially dangerous and all efforts to predict these incidents and to deal with them appropriately should be made.
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- Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991
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