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For Lack of a Better Plan: A Framework for Ethical, Legal, and Clinical Challenges in Complex Inpatient Discharge Planning

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  1. Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, 12208, USA

    Jane Jankowski LMSW, MSB

  2. Northeast Health, 2212 Burdett Ave., Troy, NY, 12180, USA

    Terese Seastrum LCSW & Robert N. Swidler JD

  3. Alden March Bioethics Institute, Albany Medical College, 47 New Scotland Avenue, MC 153, Albany, NY, 12208-3478, USA

    Wayne Shelton PhD, MSW

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Jankowski, J., Seastrum, T., Swidler, R.N. et al. For Lack of a Better Plan: A Framework for Ethical, Legal, and Clinical Challenges in Complex Inpatient Discharge Planning. HEC Forum 21, 311–326 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10730-009-9117-6

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