Concept information
Preferred term
Refusal to Treat
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Abandonment, Patient
- Patient Abandonment
- Physician Refusal to Treat
Note
- refusal of a health professional to treat a patient: do not confuse with PATIENT REFUSAL OF TREATMENT see TREATMENT REFUSAL
Scope note
- 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.
History note
- 91
In other languages
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Finnish
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016079
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