HOSPITAL doctors have been warned to resist pressure to discharge patients who want to go home for Christmas.
Scottish medical defence organisation MDDUS has told junior and middle grade doctors not to let emotions cloud judgments due to the time of year.
Patients and their relatives can pressurise medical staff for a discharge or a period of home leave because of the attractions of a normal family Christmas, according to MDDUS.
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