It’s perhaps a little late, but I would like to establish a new feature here on the blog, a TL;DR section for recently published articles. To those who don’t know, “TL;DR” stands for “Too Long: Didn’t Read.” In internet-speak, It’s a one or two sentence summary of a story that is worth communicating but whose length may be too intimidating for casual readers.
So here is my first TL;DR (courtesy of twitter):
Pts who lack decisional capacity or pose risks to themselves/others should not be discharged Against Medical Advice http://t.co/3jzyLPdfp5
— Bharat Kumar (@BharatKumarMD) July 7, 2015
If you want to read the full article, it can be found here, or on the website of the Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association.
The article, though not in the most prestigious or noteworthy of journals, has a very sentimental place in my heart. It is likely the last manuscript on which I can legitimately write that I am a resident at the University of Kentucky. Quite fittingly, it also happens to be featured as a special in the last ever issue of the Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association. C’est la vie, I suppose.