 Refusal to Treat
"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.
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D016079
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.590.233.727.605 N05.300.100.675
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Refusal to Treat" by people in Profiles.
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Dampier C, Haywood C, Lantos J. A "narcotics contract" for a patient with sickle cell disease and chronic pain. Pediatrics. 2011 Jul; 128(1):127-31.
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Curlin FA, Lawrence RE, Chin MH, Lantos JD. Religion, conscience, and controversial clinical practices. N Engl J Med. 2007 Feb 08; 356(6):593-600.
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Carter D, Lantos J, Hughes J. Reassessing medical students' willingness to treat HIV-infected patients. Acad Med. 1996 Nov; 71(11):1250-2.
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Lantos JD, Tyson JE, Allen A, Frader J, Hack M, Korones S, Merenstein G, Paneth N, Poland RL, Saigal S, et al. Withholding and withdrawing life sustaining treatment in neonatal intensive care: issues for the 1990s. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 1994 Nov; 71(3):F218-23.
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