Refusal to Treat - Statistics & numerical data
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Prevalence and predictors of abandonment of therapy among children with cancer in El Salvador.

30 Oct 2009 Abandonment of therapy is one of the most common causes of treatment failure among children with cancer in low-income countries. Our objectives were to describe the prevalence and predictors of abandonment among such children with cancer in El ... Read more...

Attitudes and practices of dentists treating patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy.

30 May 2009 BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to assess dentists' attitudes when treating individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Italy. MATERIAL/METHODS: A national observational study was carried out involving dentists selected ... Read more...

Insufficient evidence to deny antibiotic treatment to chronic Lyme disease patients.

3 Mar 2009 BACKGROUND: The severity, length of illness, and cost of chronic Lyme disease (CLD) have been well described. A number of oral, intravenous, and intramuscular antibiotics have been prescribed for CLD. Surprisingly few antibiotic schedules prescribed ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Refusal to Treat - Statistics & numerical data'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Prevalence and predictors of abandonment of therapy among children with cancer in El Salvador. 30 Oct 2009
• Attitudes and practices of dentists treating patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy. 30 May 2009
• Whence tendance? Accepting the responsibility of care for the chronic pain patient. 29 Apr 2009
• Insufficient evidence to deny antibiotic treatment to chronic Lyme disease patients. 3 Mar 2009
• Prevalence of psychiatric and substance use disorders among single mothers nearing lifetime welfare eligibility limits. 27 Feb 2009
• Factors affecting rejection of bariatric patients from an academic weight loss program. 29 Sep 2008
• Professional right of conscience. 30 Aug 2008
• Patients who leave the emergency department without being seen. 25 Aug 2008
• Review article: leaving the emergency department without being seen. 30 Jul 2008
• Barriers to managing chronic pain: a pilot of prescriber perceptions in rural Appalachia. 24 Jul 2008
• The 1995 Kikwit Ebola outbreak: lessons hospitals and physicians can apply to future viral epidemics. 21 Jul 2008
• Patient-related factors and circumstances surrounding decisions to forego life-sustaining treatment, including intensive care unit admission refusal. 29 Jun 2008
• Willingness of Jordanian clinicians to treat a hepatitis B-infected patient. 30 Mar 2008
• Primary care physicians' decisions about discharging patients from their practices. 2008
• The problem of treatment abandonment in children from developing countries with cancer. 29 Nov 2007
• Psychological evaluation of bariatric surgery applicants: procedures and reasons for delay or denial of surgery. 12 Nov 2007
• Presurgical psychiatric evaluations of candidates for bariatric surgery, part 1: reliability and reasons for and frequency of exclusion. 29 Sep 2007
• Parameters for treatment of cocaine-positive patients. 29 Sep 2007
• Right to health care for vulnerable migrants. 6 Sep 2007
• Provision of dental services in a dedicated clinic for HIV infected people in Greece. 30 Aug 2007

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Technical information about 'Refusal to Treat'

Definition: 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.

Descriptor UI: D016079

Alternative terms: Refusal to Treat; Physician Refusal to Treat; Patient Abandonment; Abandonment, Patient;

Allowable Qualifiers: ethics; legislation & jurisprudence; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: N04.590.233.727.605; N05.300.100.675;

History Note: 91

Technical Notes: refusal of a health professional to treat a patient: do not confuse with PATIENT REFUSAL OF TREATMENT see TREATMENT REFUSAL