"Refusal to Treat" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Refusal of the health professional to initiate or continue treatment of a patient or group of patients. The refusal can be based on any reason. The concept is differentiated from PATIENT REFUSAL OF TREATMENT see TREATMENT REFUSAL which originates with the patient and not the health professional.
| Descriptor ID |
D016079
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.590.233.727.605 N05.300.100.675
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Refusal to Treat" by people in Profiles.
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What are the ethical and legal considerations when your patient refuses the standard of care? Dermatol Online J. 2019 Aug 15; 25(8).
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"I Broke My Ankle": Access to Orthopedic Follow-up Care by Insurance Status. Acad Emerg Med. 2017 01; 24(1):98-105.
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Countering Vaccine Hesitancy. Pediatrics. 2016 09; 138(3).
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Magnitude of Treatment Abandonment in Childhood Cancer. PLoS One. 2015; 10(9):e0135230.
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Obligations and frustrations with high-risk patients: ethics of physicians' evaluations. J Vasc Surg. 2015 Feb; 61(2):533-4.
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Would accommodating some conscientious objections by physicians promote quality in medical care? JAMA. 2011 May 04; 305(17):1804-5.
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"When patients and families feel abandoned". Support Care Cancer. 2011 Nov; 19(11):1713-7.
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Ethics of refusal to treat patients as a social statement. J Vasc Surg. 2004 Nov; 40(5):1057-9.
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Impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act on family physicians. J Fam Pract. 1993 Feb; 36(2):201-6.
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Liberalism, communitarianism, and medical ethics. Law Soc Inq. 1993; 18(2):393-407.