"Advance Directives" 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.
Declarations by patients, made in advance of a situation in which they may be incompetent to decide about their own care, stating their treatment preferences or authorizing a third party to make decisions for them. (Bioethics Thesaurus)
Descriptor ID |
D016223
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MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.604.583.020 N03.706.535.020 N04.590.233.624.124.050
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Concept/Terms |
Advance Directives- Advance Directives
- Advance Directive
- Directive, Advance
- Directives, Advance
Psychiatric Wills- Psychiatric Wills
- Psychiatric Will
- Will, Psychiatric
- Wills, Psychiatric
- Ulysses Contracts
- Contract, Ulysses
- Contracts, Ulysses
- Ulysses Contract
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2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Advance Directives" by people in Profiles.
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Advance Directive Documentation in a Huntington's Disease Clinic: A Retrospective Chart Review. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y). 2022; 12:4.
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Integration of an Advance Care Planning Model in Home Health: Favorable Outcomes in End-of-Life Discussions, POLST Rates, and 60-day Hospital Readmissions. Home Healthc Now. 2019 Nov/Dec; 37(6):337-344.
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Components of the Advance Care Planning Process in the Nursing Home Setting. J Hosp Palliat Nurs. 2018 02; 20(1):95-102.
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Let's Talk: The Conversation Project. J Neurosci Nurs. 2016 Jul-Aug; 48(4):175-6.