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Discover LudwigThe phrase "against advice" is correct and commonly used in written English
It usually means that someone is doing something despite being advised not to do so. Example: She decided to go against advice and invest all her savings into the risky stock market. Another example: He went against advice and quit his stable job to pursue his dream of becoming a musician.
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In years to come: Will, against advice, try to make a comeback.
I have seen some dire outcomes where women opted for a home birth, against advice.
So we sometimes picked venues to play on tour against advice.
She improved greatly there, but left against advice after three weeks.
Sometimes we doctors completely understand when people just want to go home against advice.
In my practice, I have seen some dire outcomes where women opted for a home birth, against advice.
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The exclusive criteria were: (1) chronic length of stay (LOS) ≥ 1 and acute LOS = 0; (2) the specialist, the physician responsible for the studied case, other than surgery, orthopedics, neurosurgery, neurology and emergency; and (3) cases with a discharge status coded as reference, against-advice discharge (AAD) or escape.
DAMA, Discharge Against Medical Advice; ZCMC, Zamboanga City Medical Center; HPR, Home Per Request IERB, Institutional Ethics Review Boardd.
He had gone out, against my advice.
It did so against the advice of its lawyers.
He stayed there against the advice of his doctors.
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