Treatment Refusal - Statistics & numerical data
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Friday, March 19, 2010

Underuse of breast cancer adjuvant treatment: patient knowledge, beliefs, and medical mistrust.

19 Sep 2009 PURPOSE: Little is known about why women with breast cancer who have surgery do not receive proven effective postsurgical adjuvant treatments. METHODS: We surveyed 258 women who recently underwent surgical treatment at six New York City hospitals ... Read more...

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...

Stopping eating and drinking.

30 Aug 2009 Voluntarily stopping eating and drinking, in which death occurs within one to three weeks of beginning the fast, is increasingly explored in the literature and mainstream media as an option to be discussed with "decisionally capable," suffering ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Treatment Refusal - Statistics & numerical data'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Underuse of breast cancer adjuvant treatment: patient knowledge, beliefs, and medical mistrust. 19 Sep 2009
• The treatment gap of epilepsy in a rural district of Vietnam: a study from the EPIBAVI project. 8 Sep 2009
• Stopping eating and drinking. 30 Aug 2009
• Unvaccinated children face pertussis risk: some parents fear vaccine more than infection. 13 Jul 2009
• Registering initial defaulters and reporting on their treatment outcomes. 29 Jun 2009
• Characteristics and treatment modalities for African American women diagnosed with stage III breast cancer. 29 Jun 2009
• [Ambulatory cardiac rehabilitation - can its utilization be improved?] 30 May 2009
• Why patients after acute coronary syndromes do not participate in an early outpatient rehabilitation programme? 30 May 2009
• Outcomes of kidney grafts refused by one or more centers and subsequently transplanted at a single United Kingdom center. 30 May 2009
• [Need for collaboration between community pharmacies and hospitals or clinics in providing medical treatment for patients with headache] 30 May 2009
• Inflammatory bowel disease patients who leave hospital against medical advice: predictors and temporal trends. 30 May 2009
• Vaccine refusal, mandatory immunization, and the risks of vaccine-preventable diseases. 5 May 2009
• Vaccination: compliance controversy. 29 Apr 2009
• A survey of self-directed dying attended by proxies in the Dutch population. 13 Apr 2009
• Nonattendance in pediatric pulmonary clinics: an ambulatory survey. 12 Apr 2009
• Characteristics of patients with cirrhosis who are discharged from the hospital against medical advice. 30 Mar 2009
• [Pharmacy records as an indicator of non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy by HIV-infected patients] 27 Feb 2009
• Characteristics of women who do not seek prenatal care and implications for prevention. 27 Feb 2009
• 'Lean' out-patient clinics. 27 Feb 2009
• Are emergency department staffs' perceptions about the inappropriate use of ambulances, alcohol intoxication, verbal abuse and violence accurate? 27 Feb 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