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MeSH Heading: Treatment Refusal
Tree 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
Unique ID: D016312
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016312
Annotation: for patient non-compliance index PATIENT NON-COMPLIANCE see PATIENT COMPLIANCE; do not confuse with PHYSICIAN REFUSAL TO TREAT see REFUSAL TO TREAT
Scope Note: Patient or client refusal of or resistance to medical, psychological, or psychiatric treatment. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed.)
Entry Term(s): Anesthesia Refusal; Avoidance of Health Care; Avoidance of Healthcare; Avoided Health Care; Avoided Healthcare; Health Care Avoidance; Healthcare Avoidance; Patient Elopement; Patient Refusal of Treatment; Refusal of Treatment
Previous Indexing: Cooperative Behavior (1971-1974); Patient Compliance (1975-1990)
See Also: Informed Consent; Mental Competency; Patient Compliance; Patient Dropouts
Public MeSH Note: 1991
History Note: 1991
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1990/05/29
Revision Date: 2023/04/12

Allowable Qualifiers: ethics (ES)

ethnology (EH)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

psychology (PX)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

Concept UI: M000759127
Terms: Health Care Avoidance Preferred Term
Term UI T001125746
Date10/19/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2024); Avoidance of Health Care
Term UI T001132937
Date02/15/2023
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2024); Avoidance of Healthcare
Term UI T001132936
Date02/15/2023
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2024); Healthcare Avoidance
Term UI T001125747
Date10/19/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2024); Avoided Healthcare
Term UI T001125744
Date10/19/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2024); Avoided Health Care
Term UI T001125745
Date10/19/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2024)

Treatment Refusal MeSH Descriptor Data 2025