"Treatment Refusal" 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.
Patient or client refusal of or resistance to medical, psychological, or psychiatric treatment. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed.)
| Descriptor ID |
D016312
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.100.150.750.750 F01.145.488.887.750 I01.880.604.473.650.968 N03.706.437.650.875 N05.300.150.800.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Treatment Refusal- Treatment Refusal
- Refusal, Treatment
- Refusals, Treatment
- Treatment Refusals
- Patient Refusal of Treatment
- Refusal of Treatment
Anesthesia Refusal- Anesthesia Refusal
- Anesthesia Refusals
- Refusal, Anesthesia
- Refusals, Anesthesia
Patient Elopement- Patient Elopement
- Elopement, Patient
- Elopements, Patient
- Patient Elopements
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Treatment Refusal".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Treatment Refusal" by people in this website by year, and whether "Treatment Refusal" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Treatment Refusal" by people in Profiles.
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From Opioid Overdose to LVAD Refusals: Navigating the Spectrum of Decisional Autonomy. Am J Bioeth. 2024 May; 24(5):8-10.
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Factors Associated With Discharge Against Medical Advice in US Adolescents Hospitalized for Suicidal Ideation or Suicide Attempt. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2024 Sep; 63(9):908-918.
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"Right vs Right"-Respect Patient's Rights or Do the Right Course of Treatment: A Commentary Surrounding a Patient's Refusal of Emergent Aortic Surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2024 Feb; 38(2):549-551.
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Jehovah's Witnesses and the Normative Function of Indirect Consent. Narrat Inq Bioeth. 2023; 13(3):205-213.
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Safety Concerns or Adverse Effects as the Main Reason for Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Refusal: National Immunization Survey-Teen, 2008 to 2019. JAMA Pediatr. 2021 10 01; 175(10):1074-1076.
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COVID vaccines: time to confront anti-vax aggression. Nature. 2021 04; 592(7856):661.
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Increased risk of 30-day hospital readmission among patients discharged against medical advice: a nationwide analysis. Ann Epidemiol. 2020 12; 52:77-85.e2.
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Pediatric Cardiology Specialist's Opinions Toward the Acceptability of Comfort Care for Congenital Heart Disease. Pediatr Cardiol. 2020 Aug; 41(6):1160-1165.
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Natural History of a Patient with Sacral Chordoma: Case Report and Literature Review. World Neurosurg. 2020 07; 139:132-135.
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Parent-led Behavioral Intervention for a Treatment-refusing Adult With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder With Poor Insight and Extreme Family Accommodation. J Psychiatr Pract. 2020 03; 26(2):149-152.