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Health Care Economics and Organizations > Social Control, Formal > Human Rights > Patient Rights > Treatment Refusal
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Social Control, Formal > Human Rights > Patient Rights > Treatment Refusal
... > Health Occupations > Health Services Administration > Patient Care Management > Delivery of Health Care > Attitude to Health > Treatment Adherence and Compliance > Treatment Refusal
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation > Delivery of Health Care > Attitude to Health > Treatment Adherence and Compliance > Treatment Refusal
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Attitude > Attitude to Health > Treatment Adherence and Compliance > Treatment Refusal
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Behavior > Health Behavior > Treatment Adherence and Compliance > Treatment Refusal

Preferred term

Treatment Refusal  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Patient Refusal of Treatment
  • Refusal of Treatment

Note

  • for patient non-compliance index PATIENT NON-COMPLIANCE see PATIENT COMPLIANCE; do not confuse with PHYSICIAN REFUSAL TO TREAT see REFUSAL TO TREAT

Scope note

  • Patient or client refusal of or resistance to medical, psychological, or psychiatric treatment. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed.)

History note

  • 1991

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016312

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