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Presumed Consent MeSH Descriptor Data 2024


MeSH Heading
Presumed Consent
Tree Number(s)
I01.880.604.583.659
N03.706.535.664
Unique ID
D019724
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019724
Scope Note
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.
Previous Indexing
Informed Consent (1986-1998)
Public MeSH Note
99
History Note
99
Date Established
1999/01/01
Date of Entry
1998/06/10
Revision Date
2002/10/31
Presumed Consent Preferred
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