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<p>Patients refusing to leave the hospital for weeks, or even months &mdash; despite being medically cleared for discharge &mdash; are a growing problem, according to ethicists.</p>

Patients Who Refuse Discharge Are ‘Disaster in the Making’

Hospitals left to ‘desperately seek all viable options’