Nuria Rossell

Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands|Department of Oncology, Benjamin Bloom Hospital, San Salvador, El Salvador

[ 1 ] - Global Problem of Hospital Detention Practices

Although an official definition by the World Health Organization (WHO) or any other authority is currently lacking, hospital detention practices (HDP) can be described as: “refusing release of either living patients after medical discharge is clinically indicated or refusing release of bodies of deceased patients if families are unable to pay their hospital bills.” Reports of HDP are very scarc...