refusal to treat

Preferred Label : refusal to treat;

MeSH definition : 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.;

MeSH hyponym : patient abandonment; physician refusal to treat; Abandonment, Patient;

MeSH annotation : refusal of a health professional to treat a patient: do not confuse with PATIENT REFUSAL OF TREATMENT see TREATMENT REFUSAL;

Details

Origin ID

D016079;

UMLS CUI

C0080100;

Allowable qualifiers
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Procedure not carried out because of patient's decision for reasons other than belief or group pressure [ICD-11 Category]
- Refusal of treatment by relative [MedDRA Preferred Term]
Ne pas confondre avec
- treatment refusal [MeSH Descriptor]
- withholding treatment [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- patient abandonment [MeSH concept]
- physician refusal to treat [MeSH concept]
- refusal to treat [MeSH concept]
See also
- refusal to participate [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Health Care Activity [UMLS semantic type]

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