It is all in the paperwork a patient signs when they are admitted. They have been doing it for years. They also give people heparin shots that are completely unnecessary. I know of several people who died due to complications related to the heparin they were given when admitted into the hospital - they bled out. The patient's families are none the wiser about the death of their loved one caused by this kind of incompetency.  The medical minions just do what they are told and no one checks the validity of certain practices. If patients outright refuse, they are hounded and bullied into submission. If the intimidation doesn't work, they will use subterfuge. With regard to heparin, if a patient is only going to be in the hospital for a day or two, there is little to no risk of clotting. If a patient is going to be bedridden for an extended period of time, then such blood thinning medications "could" be considered.  It is crazy what these facilities are doing in order to protect themselves from liability - or so they say. I am sick of them telling patients "research shows that..." It is all bull crap based on pharmaceutical driven bogus "research." My only advise at this point is for people to educate themselves and when they have to go into the hospital for any reason, have someone with you to watch everything they do. Do not leave someone alone.  It could kill them.