 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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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Refusal to Treat" by people in Profiles.
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O'Leary ST, Cataldi JR, Lindley MC, Beaty BL, Hurley LP, Crane LA, Kempe A. Policies Among US Pediatricians for Dismissing Patients for Delaying or Refusing Vaccination. JAMA. 2020 09 15; 324(11):1105-1107.
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Williams JTB, O'Leary ST, Nussbaum AM. Caring for the Vaccine-Hesitant Family: Evidence-Based Alternatives?to?Dismissal. J Pediatr. 2020 09; 224:137-140.
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Alvarez E, Seppa M, Rivas S, Fuentes L, Valverde P, Antill?n-Klussmann F, Castellanos M, Sweet-Cordero EA, Messacar K, Kurap J, Bustamante M, Howard SC, Efron B, Luna-Fineman S. Improvement in treatment abandonment in pediatric patients with cancer in Guatemala. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2017 Oct; 64(10).
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Badani S, Na S. Chronic concern over an acute-phase reactant: a teachable moment. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Mar; 174(3):319.
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Becker TK, Gausche-Hill M, Aswegan AL, Baker EF, Bookman KJ, Bradley RN, De Lorenzo RA, Schoenwetter DJ. Ethical challenges in Emergency Medical Services: controversies and recommendations. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2013 Oct; 28(5):488-97.
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Rosenbaum S, Cartwright-Smith L, Hirsh J, Mehler PS. Case studies at Denver Health: 'patient dumping' in the emergency department despite EMTALA, the law that banned it. Health Aff (Millwood). 2012 Aug; 31(8):1749-56.
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Parry C, Morningstar E, Kendall J, Coleman EA. Working without a net: leukemia and lymphoma survivors' perspectives on care delivery at end-of-treatment and beyond. J Psychosoc Oncol. 2011; 29(2):175-98.
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Wiseman AC, Wainright JL, Sleeman E, McBride MA, Baker T, Samana C, Stock P. An analysis of the lack of donor pancreas utilization from younger adult organ donors. Transplantation. 2010 Sep 15; 90(5):475-80.
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West HF, Engelberg RA, Wenrich MD, Curtis JR. Expressions of nonabandonment during the intensive care unit family conference. J Palliat Med. 2005 Aug; 8(4):797-807.
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Wynia MK, Gostin LO. Ethical challenges in preparing for bioterrorism: barriers within the health care system. Am J Public Health. 2004 Jul; 94(7):1096-102.
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