"Treatment Refusal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Patient or client refusal of or resistance to medical, psychological, or psychiatric treatment. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed.)
| Descriptor ID |
D016312
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.100.150.750.750 F01.145.488.887.750 I01.880.604.473.650.968 N03.706.437.650.875 N05.300.150.800.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Treatment Refusal- Treatment Refusal
- Refusal, Treatment
- Refusals, Treatment
- Treatment Refusals
- Patient Refusal of Treatment
- Refusal of Treatment
Anesthesia Refusal- Anesthesia Refusal
- Anesthesia Refusals
- Refusal, Anesthesia
- Refusals, Anesthesia
Patient Elopement- Patient Elopement
- Elopement, Patient
- Elopements, Patient
- Patient Elopements
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Treatment Refusal" by people in Profiles.
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Perceptions of the PrePex Device Among Men Who Received or Refused PrePex Circumcision and People Accompanying Them. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016 Jun 01; 72 Suppl 1:S78-82.
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Health communication and vaccine hesitancy. Vaccine. 2015 Aug 14; 33(34):4212-4.
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Understanding treatment refusal among adults presenting for HIV-testing in Soweto, South Africa: a qualitative study. AIDS Behav. 2015 Apr; 19(4):704-14.
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Ethics and Rationing Access to Dialysis in Resource-Limited Settings: The Consequences of Refusing a Renal Transplant in the South African State Sector. Dev World Bioeth. 2015 Dec; 15(3):233-40.
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Disengagement from care in a decentralised primary health care antiretroviral treatment programme: cohort study in rural South Africa. Trop Med Int Health. 2013 Aug; 18(8):934-41.
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Role of menstruation in contraceptive choice among HIV-infected women in Soweto, South Africa. Contraception. 2010 Jun; 81(6):547-51.
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Lost to follow up: contributing factors and challenges in South African patients on antiretroviral therapy. S Afr Med J. 2007 Sep; 97(9):853-7.