"Patient Rights" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Fundamental claims of patients, as expressed in statutes, declarations, or generally accepted moral principles. (Bioethics Thesaurus) The term is used for discussions of patient rights as a group of many rights, as in a hospital's posting of a list of patient rights.
| Descriptor ID |
D028701
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.604.473.650 N03.706.437.650
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| Concept/Terms |
Patient Rights- Patient Rights
- Patient Right
- Patient's Right
- Patients Rights
- Right, Patient
- Right, Patient's
- Rights, Patient
- Rights, Patient's
- Patients' Rights
- Patients' Right
- Right, Patients'
- Rights, Patients'
- Patient's Rights
Right to Treatment- Right to Treatment
- Right to Treatments
- Treatment, Right to
- Treatments, Right to
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Rights" by people in Profiles.
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Does Declaration of Brain Death Serve the Best Interest of Organ Donors Rather Than Merely Facilitating Organ Transplantation? Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Jun; 101(6):2053-8.
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Apps incorporating clinical photography offer the potential to improve care. Bull Am Coll Surg. 2016 Feb; 101(2):44.
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Management of the Potential Organ Donor in the ICU: Society of Critical Care Medicine/American College of Chest Physicians/Association of Organ Procurement Organizations Consensus Statement. Crit Care Med. 2015 Jun; 43(6):1291-325.
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[Medical treatment without patient's consent and against her will]. Harefuah. 2014 Mar-Apr; 153(3-4):139-41, 241.
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John J Conley Lecture on Ethics and Philosophy. Health care reform: ethical foundations, policy, and law. J Am Coll Surg. 2012 Aug; 215(2):286-96.
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Religion and end-of-life decisions in critical care: where the word meets deed. Intensive Care Med. 2012 Jul; 38(7):1089-91.
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Evolution of carotid stenting: regulatory issues. Semin Vasc Surg. 2008 Jun; 21(2):64-8.
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Forensic psychiatry corner 3--the issue of anonymity in lay referrals. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 2004; 41(4):306-7.
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The forensic psychiatry corner. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 2003; 40(4):304-5.
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Autonomy and beneficence in an information age. Health Care Anal. 2001; 9(3):247-54.