 Withholding Treatment
"Withholding Treatment" 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.
Withholding or withdrawal of a particular treatment or treatments, often (but not necessarily) life-prolonging treatment, from a patient or from a research subject as part of a research protocol. The concept is differentiated from REFUSAL TO TREAT, where the emphasis is on the health professional's or health facility's refusal to treat a patient or group of patients when the patient or the patient's representative requests treatment. Withholding of life-prolonging treatment is usually indexed only with EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE, unless the distinction between withholding and withdrawing treatment, or the issue of withholding palliative rather than curative treatment, is discussed.
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D028761
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.952 N02.421.585.952
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| Concept/Terms |
Withholding Treatment- Withholding Treatment
- Treatment, Withholding
- Treatments, Withholding
- Withholding Treatments
- Cessation of Treatment
- Treatment Cessation
- Treatment Cessations
Withdrawing Treatment- Withdrawing Treatment
- Treatment, Withdrawing
- Treatments, Withdrawing
- Withdrawing Treatments
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Withholding Treatment" by people in Profiles.
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Gardner KJ, Murphy S, Paris JJ, Lantos JD, Cummings BM. Controversy About Withdrawal of Postresuscitation Care After Cardiac Arrest. Pediatrics. 2020 08; 146(2).
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Gerdes H, Lantos J. Differing Thresholds for Overriding Parental Refusals of Life-Sustaining Treatment. HEC Forum. 2020 Mar; 32(1):13-20.
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Lantos JD. Ethical Problems in Decision Making in the Neonatal ICU. N Engl J Med. 2018 11 08; 379(19):1851-1860.
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Mann PC, Weiss EM, Seltzer RR, Dodge RAB, Boss RD, Lantos JD. Child Abuse, Incarceration, and Decisions About Life-sustaining Treatment. Pediatrics. 2018 12; 142(6).
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Miller KE, Coleman RD, Eisenberg L, Henriksen J, Lantos JD, Weiss EM. Unilateral Withdrawal of Life-sustaining Therapy in a Severely Impaired Child. Pediatrics. 2018 11; 142(5).
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Higginson J, Lang KR, Ransom H, Parker C, Ledoux M, Hester DM, Lantos JD. When a Mother Changes Her Mind About a DNR. Pediatrics. 2018 07; 142(1).
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Hendriks MJ, Lantos JD. Fragile lives with fragile rights: Justice for babies born at the limit of viability. Bioethics. 2018 03; 32(3):205-214.
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Janvier A, Prentice T, Lantos J. Blowing the whistle: moral distress and advocacy for preterm infants and their families. Acta Paediatr. 2017 Jun; 106(6):853-854.
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Lantos JD. Bartleby in the NICU. Hastings Cent Rep. 2016 11; 46(6):3-5.
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Kon AA, Patel A, Leuthner S, Lantos JD. Parental Refusal of Surgery in an Infant With Tricuspid Atresia. Pediatrics. 2016 11; 138(5).
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