Current medical research confirms that suicide cannot be predicted -- otherwise, we would be able to stop it!   This just gives the grieving family a monetary reward for the deceased who was determined to end his/her life no matter what.   If we are going to prevent one death by instituting strict liability against Emergency Departments, I can think of many other ways to spend the amount of money that will be spent in defensive medicine.   What about the person who doesn't want to be detained but will be detained because the hospital will not be able to afford letting him/her leave?  You can't have it both ways.

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