Amy L. Hobday, DO

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Dr Hobday is a resident in psychiatry at East Carolina University.

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Involuntary Hospitalization of Minors: An Emergency Medicine Perspective

Involuntary Hospitalization of Minors: An Emergency Medicine Perspective

Amy L. Hobday, DO;Kyle Altman, DO;Veronica Tucci, MD, JD, FAAEM, FACEP

November 7th 2023

"In regard to psychiatric hospitalizations, the principles of ethics are imperative in determining how to proceed in each case."

child hospital

To Hospitalize or Not? A Challenge of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Seen From the Emergency Medicine Perspective

Amy L. Hobday, DO;Kyle Altman, DO;Veronica Tucci, MD, JD, FAAEM, FACEP

The law says anyone under the age of 18 is considered “incompetent” in regard to health care decisions. But is this what’s best for treatment?

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