"Patient Rights" 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.
Fundamental claims of patients, as expressed in statutes, declarations, or generally accepted moral principles. (Bioethics Thesaurus) The term is used for discussions of patient rights as a group of many rights, as in a hospital's posting of a list of patient rights.
| Descriptor ID |
D028701
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.604.473.650 N03.706.437.650
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| Concept/Terms |
Patient Rights- Patient Rights
- Patient Right
- Patient's Right
- Patients Rights
- Right, Patient
- Right, Patient's
- Rights, Patient
- Rights, Patient's
- Patients' Rights
- Patients' Right
- Right, Patients'
- Rights, Patients'
- Patient's Rights
Right to Treatment- Right to Treatment
- Right to Treatments
- Treatment, Right to
- Treatments, Right to
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Rights" by people in Profiles.
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Birth Behind Bars: The Need for Labor Support in the Incarcerated Population. Obstet Gynecol. 2020 11; 136(5):1036-1039.
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National Analysis of State Health Policies on Students' Right to Self-Carry and Self-Administer Asthma Inhalers at School. J Sch Health. 2018 10; 88(10):776-784.
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Protecting Rights of Children With Medical Complexity in an Era of Spending Reduction. Pediatrics. 2018 03; 141(Suppl 3):S242-S249.
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The Ethics of Interventional Procedures for Patients Too Ill for Surgery. JAMA. 2017 01 24; 317(4):359-360.
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On Patient Safety: "Is There a Gun in the Home?". Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2015 Sep; 473(9):2765-8.
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An official American Thoracic Society policy statement: managing conscientious objections in intensive care medicine. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Jan 15; 191(2):219-27.
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A private right of action for informed consent in research. Seton Hall Law Rev. 2015; 45(1):173-213.
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Recommendations for returning genomic incidental findings? We need to talk! Genet Med. 2013 Nov; 15(11):854-9.
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AMPA workshop on challenges faced by investigators conducting Alzheimer's disease clinical trials. Alzheimers Dement. 2011 Jul; 7(4):e109-17.
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Substituted interests and best judgments: an integrated model of surrogate decision making. JAMA. 2010 Nov 03; 304(17):1946-7.