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Preferred term

Treatment Refusal  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Patient or client refusal of or resistance to medical, psychological, or psychiatric treatment. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed.) Patient or surrogate refusal of specific type of anesthesia or any anesthesia. Termination of hospitalization by PATIENTS against advice of healthcare provider and unknown to the provider or institution.

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Patient Refusal of Treatment
  • Refusal of Treatment

In other languages

  • French

  • Refus de traitement
  • Refus de traitement par la patiente
  • Refus de traitement par le malade
  • Refus de traitement par le patient
  • Refus du traitement par la patiente
  • Refus du traitement par le malade
  • Refus du traitement par le patient
  • Refus thérapeutique
  • Refus thérapeutiques

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-BHVZCFFV-6

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