Treatment Refusal - Psychology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

The treatment gap of epilepsy in a rural district of Vietnam: a study from the EPIBAVI project.

8 Sep 2009 We analyzed the treatment gap by interviewing 189 persons previously identified as having active epilepsy in a population-based epidemiological project in a rural district of Vietnam (EPIBAVI). Only 29 persons were on regular treatment with ... Read more...

Involvement of adolescents in decision making for heart transplants.

30 Aug 2009 Every year, hundreds of children and adolescents are faced with the need for heart transplantation to survive end-stage cardiac disease. This experience extends far beyond the surgical intervention, for it begins with a waiting period that may ... Read more...

Exploring the existential function of religion: the effect of religious fundamentalism and mortality salience on faith-based medical refusals.

30 Jul 2009 Decisions to rely on religious faith over medical treatment for health conditions represent an important but understudied phenomenon. In an effort to understand some of the psychological underpinnings of such decisions, the present research builds ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Treatment Refusal - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The treatment gap of epilepsy in a rural district of Vietnam: a study from the EPIBAVI project. 8 Sep 2009
• Involvement of adolescents in decision making for heart transplants. 30 Aug 2009
• Refusal of treatment--the need for better communication. 30 Jul 2009
• Exploring the existential function of religion: the effect of religious fundamentalism and mortality salience on faith-based medical refusals. 30 Jul 2009
• [5/7. Cesarean section refusal] 30 Jul 2009
• Who has capacity? 14 Jul 2009
• Unvaccinated children face pertussis risk: some parents fear vaccine more than infection. 13 Jul 2009
• Guidelines for managing conscientious objection to blood transfusion. 29 Jun 2009
• Extreme anemia in an injured Jehovah's Witness: a test of our understanding of the physiology of severe anemia and the threshold for blood transfusion. 29 Jun 2009
• Italian healthcare workers' views on mandatory vaccination. 9 Jun 2009
• Romantic fantasies of madness and objections to psychotropic medication. 30 May 2009
• Punishment for refusing OPV. 30 May 2009
• Vaccine refusal, mandatory immunization, and the risks of vaccine-preventable diseases. 5 May 2009
• On "Distinguishing among irrational suicide, rational suicide, and other forms of hastened death: implications for clinical practice" by Cavin P. Leeman, M.D. 29 Apr 2009
• On "Distinguishing among irrational suicide, rational suicide, and other forms of hastened death: implications for clinical practice" by Cavin P. Leeman, M.D. 29 Apr 2009
• On "Distinguishing among irrational suicide, rational suicide, and other forms of hastened death: implications for clinical practice" by Cavin P. Leeman, M.D. 29 Apr 2009
• On "Distinguishing among irrational suicide, rational suicide, and other forms of hastened death: implications for clinical practice" by Cavin P. Leeman, M.D. 29 Apr 2009
• Distinguishing among irrational suicide and other forms of hastened death: implications for clinical practice. 29 Apr 2009
• Vaccination: compliance controversy. 29 Apr 2009
• Letters: conversations with the dying. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Treatment Refusal'

Definition: Patient or client refusal of or resistance to medical, psychological, or psychiatric treatment. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed.)

Descriptor UI: D016312

Alternative terms: Treatment Refusal; Refusal, Treatment; Refusals, Treatment; Treatment Refusals; Refusal of Treatment; Patient Refusal of Treatment;

Related Mesh Headings: Informed Consent; Patient Compliance; Patient Dropouts; Mental Competency;

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

Tree Number: F01.145.488.800; I01.880.604.473.650.968; N03.706.437.650.875; N05.300.150.600.800;

History Note: 1991

Technical Notes: for patient non-compliance index PATIENT NON-COMPLIANCE see PATIENT COMPLIANCE; do not confuse with PHYSICIAN REFUSAL TO TREAT see REFUSAL TO TREAT