Duty to Warn

"Duty to Warn" 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.

MeSH information

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A health professional's obligation to breach patient CONFIDENTIALITY to warn third parties of the danger of their being assaulted or of contracting a serious infection.

Descriptor ID	D017007
MeSH Number(s)	F01.829.401.046.800.200 F04.096.544.335.240.270 I01.880.604.583.080.134.800.200 I01.880.604.583.080.270 N03.706.535.230.270
Concept/Terms	Duty to Warn Duty to Warn Warn, Duty to to Warn, Duty

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Duty to Warn".

Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Psychology, Social [F01.829]
Interpersonal Relations [F01.829.401]
Disclosure [F01.829.401.046]
Truth Disclosure [F01.829.401.046.800]
Duty to Warn [F01.829.401.046.800.200]
Behavioral Disciplines and Activities [F04]
Behavioral Sciences [F04.096]
Psychiatry [F04.096.544]
Forensic Psychiatry [F04.096.544.335]
Confidentiality [F04.096.544.335.240]
Duty to Warn [F04.096.544.335.240.270]
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Sociology [I01.880]
Social Control, Formal [I01.880.604]
Jurisprudence [I01.880.604.583]
Confidentiality [I01.880.604.583.080]
Disclosure [I01.880.604.583.080.134]
Truth Disclosure [I01.880.604.583.080.134.800]
Duty to Warn [I01.880.604.583.080.134.800.200]
Duty to Warn [I01.880.604.583.080.270]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
Social Control, Formal [N03.706]
Jurisprudence [N03.706.535]
Confidentiality [N03.706.535.230]
Duty to Warn [N03.706.535.230.270]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Duty to Warn".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Duty to Warn".

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