The principles of professional conduct concerning the rights and duties of the physician, relations with patients and fellow practitioners, as well as actions of the physician in patient care and interpersonal relations with patient families.
Medical Ethics
D015931
Intensive Care, Neonatal
Continuous care and monitoring of newborn infants with life-threatening conditions, in any setting.
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.
Patient Abandonment,Physician Refusal to Treat,Abandonment, Patient
D016312
Treatment Refusal
Patient or client refusal of or resistance to medical, psychological, or psychiatric treatment. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed.)
Avoidance of Health Care,Avoidance of Healthcare,Avoided Health Care,Avoided Healthcare,Health Care Avoidance,Healthcare Avoidance,Patient Refusal of Treatment,Refusal of Treatment,Anesthesia Refusal,Patient Elopement,Anesthesia Refusals,Elopement, Patient,Refusal, Anesthesia,Refusals, Anesthesia,Treatment Refusals
January 2016,
The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians,