# Patient refusal of treatment

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  "id": "S2004009953",
  "title": "Patient refusal of treatment",
  "url": "/topics/S2004009953",
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  "aeo_cohort": "topic-directory",
  "provider": "lcsh",
  "revision": "31d3e83a4016d4a3",
  "catalogue_revision": "f050b5d4780b1289",
  "numeric_address": "14123367897489368646",
  "address_version": "morton4x16-v1",
  "coordinates": [
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    477,
    51983,
    33792
  ],
  "answer_status": "Directory metadata; local answer requires separate source review",
  "truth_status": "Subject descriptor, not a factual answer or a demonstrated knowledge gap"
}

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

Directory metadata is not a factual answer or evidence of a global knowledge gap.

Source: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004009953

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