"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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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Rights" by people in Profiles.
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End-of-Life care: guidelines for patient-centered communication. Am Fam Physician. 2008 Jan 15; 77(2):167-74.
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A search for the missing premise of involuntary therapeutic commitment: effective treatment of the mentally ill. Rutgers Law Rev. 1988; 40(2):303-68.