"Presumed Consent" 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.
An institutional policy of granting authority to health personnel to perform procedures on patients or to remove organs from cadavers for transplantation unless an objection is registered by family members or by the patient prior to death. This also includes emergency care of minors without prior parental consent.
| Descriptor ID |
D019724
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.604.583.659 N03.706.535.664
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Presumed Consent" by people in Profiles.
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Can a minor refuse assent for emergency care? Virtual Mentor. 2012 Oct 01; 14(10):763-6.
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Is informed consent in trauma a lost cause? A prospective evaluation of acutely injured patients' ability to give consent. J Am Coll Surg. 2007 Sep; 205(3):405-8.