"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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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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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1995 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Treatment Refusal" by people in Profiles.
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Obstacles to Accepting Care: Understanding Why Obstetric Patients Leave against Medical Advice. Matern Child Health J. 2024 Sep; 28(9):1612-1619.
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The Right to Refuse Obstetrical Interventions: In Principle, in Practice. Am J Bioeth. 2024 Feb; 24(2):44-45.
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Teenage Development and Parental Authority: applying consensus recommendations to adolescent care. Perspect Biol Med. 2024; 67(2):227-243.
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Factors Associated with Discharge against Medical Advice among Acute Stroke Patients: Analysis of the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2024; 53(4):365-371.
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Limiting Patient Autonomy: Mandatory COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing. J Hosp Med. 2021 May; 16(5):313-315.
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Ethical Issues Raised by the Media Portrayal of Adolescent Transplant Refusals. Pediatrics. 2020 08; 146(Suppl 1):S33-S41.
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Comfort Care after Self-Immolation: Is the Physician Complicit? Am J Bioeth. 2020 08; 20(8):123-125.
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Influence of race and sociodemographic factors on declining resection for gastric cancer: A national study. Am J Surg. 2021 01; 221(1):155-161.
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From Chemo Rejection to Regional Radiation: A Post-Mastectomy Dilemma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2020 06 01; 107(2):232.
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Vitamin K Administration. Pediatr Ann. 2018 10 01; 47(10):e383-e384.