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Descriptor English: Refusal to Treat
Descriptor Spanish: Negativa al Tratamiento
Descriptor negativa a tratar
Entry term(s) abandono del paciente
rechazo del médico a tratar
Scope note: Negativa del profesional sanitario a dar comienzo al tratamiento o a continuarlo en un paciente o grupo de pacientes. La negativa puede basarse en cualquier motivo. El concepto es diferente a la NEGATIVA DEL PACIENTE AL TRATAMIENTO (v. NEGATIVA AL TRATAMIENTO), cuyo origen es el paciente y no el profesional sanitario.
Descriptor Portuguese: Recusa do Médico a Tratar
Descriptor French: Refus de traiter
Entry term(s): Abandonment, Patient
Patient Abandonment
Physician Refusal to Treat
Tree number(s): N04.590.233.727.605
N05.300.100.675
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016079
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.
Annotation: refusal of a health professional to treat a patient: do not confuse with PATIENT REFUSAL OF TREATMENT see TREATMENT REFUSAL
Allowable Qualifiers: ES ethics
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
SN statistics & numerical data
Previous Indexing: Attitude of Health Personnel (1968-1990)
Continuity of Patient Care (1975-1990)
Physician-Patient Relations (1966-1990)
Public MeSH Note: 91
History Note: 91
DeCS ID: 29106
Unique ID: D016079
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1990/06/07
Revision Date: 2002/10/31
Refusal to Treat - Preferred
Concept UI M0024559
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.
Preferred term Refusal to Treat
Physician Refusal to Treat - Narrower
Concept UI M0024558
Preferred term Physician Refusal to Treat
Patient Abandonment - Narrower
Concept UI M0024557
Preferred term Patient Abandonment
Entry term(s) Abandonment, Patient



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