GC: n

S: CL – https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD000313.pub4/full (last access: 20 April 2021); WOL – https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1532-5415.1994.tb01750.x (last access: 20 April 2021).

N: 1. Late 14c., “relief from misfortune”. Meaning “release from work or duty” is from early 15c. Meaning “act of sending out or pouring forth” is from c. 1600; sense of “that which is emitted or poured forth” is from 1727. Meaning “action of firing off a firearm or other missile weapon” is from 1590s. Electricity sense is from 1794.
2. Official permission an inpatient receives to leave a hospital and either return home or get transferred to another facility for further rehabilitation.
3. Each hospital has its own discharge policy. According to NHS, there are two type of discharges: minimal and complex. It is called a minimal discharge if the discharge assessment shows that the patient will need little to no care. If the patient needs more specialized care after leaving the hospital, the discharge or transfer procedure is referred to as complex discharge.
4. Good coordination and communication between the healthcare providers involved is essential to ensure that patients are discharged safely with robust ongoing care. Discharge can involve a variety of health and social care aspects depending on individual patient needs.
5. Phraseology: discharge planning.

S: 1. OED – https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=discharge (last access: 12 April 2021). 2. CAMBRIDGE – https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/diccionario/ingles/discharge (last access: 12 April 2021); JHM – https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/hospital-discharge#:~:text=What%20is%20hospital%20discharge%3F,to%20another%20type%20of%20facility (last access: 13 April 2021).
3. NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/hospitals/going-into-hospital/being-discharged-from-hospital/ (last access: 12 April 2021).
4. NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6451602/ (last access: 13 April 2021).

SYN: hospital discharge, discharge from the hospital.

S: TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=discharge&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs (last access: 14 August 2021).

CR: hospital