 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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Refusal to Treat" by people in this website by year, and whether "Refusal to Treat" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1989 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1993 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2007 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Refusal to Treat" by people in Profiles.
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Sulmasy DP. Conscience, tolerance, and pluralism in health care. Theor Med Bioeth. 2019 Dec; 40(6):507-521.
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Sulmasy DP. Tolerance, Professional Judgment, and the Discretionary Space of the Physician. Camb Q Healthc Ethics. 2017 Jan; 26(1):18-31.
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Goligher EC, Del Sorbo L, Cheung AM, Alibhai SM, Liao L, Easson A, Halpern J, Ely EW, Sulmasy DP, Hwang SW. Why conscientious objection merits respect. CMAJ. 2016 08 09; 188(11):822-3.
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Brown BP, Hasselbacher L, Chor J. Whose Choice? Developing a Unifying Ethical Framework for Conscience Laws in Health Care. Obstet Gynecol. 2016 08; 128(2):391-395.
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Brauer SG, Yoon JD, Curlin FA. US primary care physicians' opinions about conscientious refusal: a national vignette experiment. J Med Ethics. 2016 Feb; 42(2):80-4.
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Rasinski KA, Yoon JD, Kalad YG, Curlin FA. Obstetrician-gynaecologists' opinions about conscientious refusal of a request for abortion: results from a national vignette experiment. J Med Ethics. 2011 Dec; 37(12):711-4.
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Combs MP, Antiel RM, Tilburt JC, Mueller PS, Curlin FA. Conscientious refusals to refer: findings from a national physician survey. J Med Ethics. 2011 Jul; 37(7):397-401.
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Walter JK, Lang CW, Ross LF. When physicians forego the doctor-patient relationship, should they elect to self-prescribe or curbside? An empirical and ethical analysis. J Med Ethics. 2010 Jan; 36(1):19-23.
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Savage TA, Parson J, Zollman F, Kirschner KL. Rehabilitation team disagreement: guidelines for resolution. PM R. 2009 Dec; 1(12):1091-7.
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Lawrence RE, Curlin FA. Physicians' beliefs about conscience in medicine: a national survey. Acad Med. 2009 Sep; 84(9):1276-82.
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