voluntary admission
collocation in Englishmeaningsofvoluntaryandadmission
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voluntary
adjective
uk/ˈvɒl.ən.tər.i/us/ˈvɑː.lən.ter.i/
done, made, or given willingly, without being forced or paid to ...
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admission
noun
uk/ədˈmɪʃ.ən/us/ədˈmɪʃ.ən/
the act of agreeing that something is true, ...
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(Definition ofvoluntaryandadmissionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We have proved thatvoluntaryadmissionwithout certification is highly successful.
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Whatever happens, in spite of our desire to reach the stage ofvoluntaryadmission, some amount of compulsory admission will remain.
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First of all, it made possible thevoluntaryadmissionof patients to mental hospitals instead of its being by certificate.
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Funds are generated from donations from sponsors, donations from participants andvoluntaryadmissiondonations.
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If so, the person may be offered avoluntaryadmission.
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People with mental illness can write psychiatric advance directives in which they can, in advance, consent tovoluntaryadmissionto a hospital and thus avoid involuntary commitment.
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These recommended voluntary admissions and informal admissions respectively.
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There were no voluntary admissions.
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Since 1930, when voluntary admissions to mental hospitals began, the proportion of voluntary to certified patients has steadily increased.
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I understand that, medically speaking, the real test of efficiency is the percentage of voluntary admissions.
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It is clear from the figures that there has been a surge in voluntary admissions to the hospital in the last two years.
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It is due to the extra voluntary admissions that there has been a big increase in the last two years.
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What is being done to raise the percentage of voluntary admissions, which in some cases is very low?
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Between 1949 and 1957 the number of voluntary admissions more than doubled, and it now accounts for more than four-fifths of all admissions.
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A lack of beds means that voluntary admissions are increasingly difficult.
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To the public outside it means that in some hospitals voluntary admissions have to be limited.
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I am dealing with voluntary admissions to mental hospitals.
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Old buildings, overcrowding, the surge of voluntary admissions—all of these have made difficulties for them.
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Strathclyde police have no record of any voluntary admissions obtained in this way.
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Figures for persons suffering from mental illness are not available, since waiting occurs only in relation to voluntary admissions and waiting lists are not normally kept.
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