DeCS

Descriptor English:

Withholding Treatment

Descriptor Spanish:

Privación de Tratamiento

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	suspensión del tratamiento
Entry term(s)	retirada de la atención médica
Scope note:	Suspensión o retirada de un determinado tratamiento o tratamientos, a menudo (aunque no necesariamente) dirigidos a prolongar la vida de un paciente o a un sujeto como parte de un protocolo de investigación. El concepto se diferencia de la NEGATIVA A TRATAR, en que en ésta son los profesionales o los centros sanitarios los que deniegan el tratamiento a un paciente, o a un grupo de pacientes, cuando son estos o sus representantes los que solicitan tratamiento. La suspensión del tratamiento para prolongar la vida generalmente solo se vincula a la EUTANASIA PASIVA, salvo que se considere la distinción entre la suspensión del tratamiento y su retirada, o la cuestión del rechazo de tratamientos paliativos más que curativos.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Suspensão de Tratamento

Descriptor French:

Abstention thérapeutique

Entry term(s):

Care, Withdrawing
Cessation of Treatment
Treatment Cessation
Treatment Cessations
Treatment, Withdrawing
Treatment, Withholding
Treatments, Withdrawing
Treatments, Withholding
Withdrawing Care
Withdrawing Treatment
Withdrawing Treatments
Withholding Treatments

Tree number(s):

E02.760.952
N02.421.585.952

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D028761

Scope note:

Withholding or withdrawal of a particular treatment or treatments, often (but not necessarily) life-prolonging treatment, from a patient or from a research subject as part of a research protocol. The concept is differentiated from REFUSAL TO TREAT, where the emphasis is on the health professional's or health facility's refusal to treat a patient or group of patients when the patient or the patient's representative requests treatment. Withholding of life-prolonging treatment is usually indexed only with EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE, unless the distinction between withholding and withdrawing treatment, or the issue of withholding palliative rather than curative treatment, is discussed.

Concept UI	M0382910
Scope note	Withholding or withdrawal of a particular treatment or treatments, often (but not necessarily) life-prolonging treatment, from a patient or from a research subject as part of a research protocol. The concept is differentiated from REFUSAL TO TREAT, where the emphasis is on the health professional's or health facility's refusal to treat a patient or group of patients when the patient or the patient's representative requests treatment. Withholding of life-prolonging treatment is usually indexed only with EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE, unless the distinction between withholding and withdrawing treatment, or the issue of withholding palliative rather than curative treatment, is discussed.
Preferred term	Withholding Treatment
Entry term(s)	Cessation of Treatment Treatment Cessation Treatment Cessations Treatment, Withholding Treatments, Withholding Withholding Treatments

Concept UI	M0382911
Preferred term	Withdrawing Treatment
Entry term(s)	Treatment, Withdrawing Treatments, Withdrawing Withdrawing Treatments

Concept UI	M0007965
Preferred term	Withdrawing Care
Entry term(s)	Care, Withdrawing

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