"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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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Advance Directives" by people in Profiles.
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Early Integrated Palliative Care Within a Surgical Oncology Clinic. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 11 01; 6(11):e2341928.
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"They Would Lift My Spirits": Sources of Support for Family Surrogate Decision-Makers at the End of Life. J Hosp Palliat Nurs. 2023 06 01; 25(3):119-123.
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Decision-making Laws for "Unrepresented" Patients. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2020 11; 17(11):1484-1486.
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Prognostic Awareness and Goals of Care Discussions Among Patients With Advanced Heart Failure. Circ Heart Fail. 2020 09; 13(9):e006502.
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We Need More Wisdom, Not More Paper: A Reply to Merel and Gaster. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 07; 68(7):1609-1610.
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Why Dementia-Specific Advance Directives Are a Misguided Idea. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 07; 68(7):1603-1605.
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US State Regulation of Decisions for Pregnant Women Without Decisional Capacity. JAMA. 2019 04 23; 321(16):1629-1631.
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Understanding Underuse of Advance Care Planning Among a Cohort of African American Patients With Advanced Cancer: Formative Research That Examines Gaps in Intent to Discuss Options for Care. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2019 Dec; 36(12):1057-1062.
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Italy's New Advance Directive Law: When in Rome…. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 05 01; 178(5):607-608.
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Ethical Analysis of Withdrawing Total Artificial Heart Support. Mayo Clin Proc. 2017 05; 92(5):719-725.