Refusal to treat

Physician refusal to treat
Treat, Refusal to

Patient refusal of treatment.

Work cat.: 2008005529: Lynch, Holly Fernandez. Conflicts of conscience, c2008: ECIP galley (physician refusals)
MeSH online, Feb. 12, 2008: (hdg.: Refusal to Treat; entry term: Physician refusal scope note: 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)

Here are entered works on refusal by medical personnel to initiate or continue treatment of a patient or group of patients. Works on refusal of medical, psychological, or psychiatric treatment by patients or those authorized to make decisions for them are entered under