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ABA Family Legal Guide

Health-Care Law

Patients' Rights

Emergency Care

When is a patient stabilized?

A patient is stabilized when it is unlikely that the patient's condition will worsen significantly during, or because of, the transfer. A pregnant woman is not considered stabilized until she delivers the placenta.

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