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Duty to Recontact MeSH Descriptor Data 2025

MeSH Heading: Duty to Recontact
Tree Number(s): F01.829.401.650.505; I01.880.604.583.166; N03.706.535.247
Unique ID: D033002
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D033002
Scope Note: The ethical and/or legal obligation of a health provider or researcher to communicate with a former patient or research subject about advances in research relevant to a treatment or to a genetic or other diagnostic test provided earlier, or about proposed new uses of blood or tissue samples taken in the past for another purpose.
Entry Term(s): Duty to Follow Up; Recontact
See Also: Duty to Warn
Public MeSH Note: 2003; see DISCLOSURE 2002
History Note: 2003; use DISCLOSURE 2002
Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 2012/07/03

Allowable Qualifiers: ethics (ES)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
- Psychology, Social [F01.829]
  - Interpersonal Relations [F01.829.401]
    - Professional-Patient Relations [F01.829.401.650]

Social Sciences [I01]
- Sociology [I01.880]
  - Social Control, Formal [I01.880.604]
    - Jurisprudence [I01.880.604.583]

Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
- Social Control, Formal [N03.706]
  - Jurisprudence [N03.706.535]

Duty to Recontact Preferred

Recontact Broader

Duty to Follow Up Related

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