tropes: signing out against medical advice.

[sealie]

Why is this trope so prevalent? Jim Ellison hates hospitals, John Sheppard will hide under his puddlejumper after escaping from the infirmary, Steve McGarrett’s bum barely touches an ER gurney before he’s escaped…. And every time my hero makes a break for it, I think twit.

Is it because, we can have hero who’s hurting and likely to have an emergency and end up back in hospital?

What is it with this trope?