Advance Directive Adherence
"Advance Directive Adherence" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Compliance by health personnel or proxies with the stipulations of ADVANCE DIRECTIVES (or similar directives such as RESUSCITATION ORDERS) when patients are unable to direct their own care.
| Descriptor ID |
D024362
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.761.040 N05.715.360.317
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| Concept/Terms |
Advance Directive Adherence- Advance Directive Adherence
- Adherence, Advance Directive
- Directive Adherence, Advance
- Advance Directive Compliance
- Compliance, Advance Directive
- Directive Compliance, Advance
Directive Adherence- Directive Adherence
- Adherence, Directive
- Adherences, Directive
- Directive Adherences
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Advance Directive Adherence" by people in Profiles.
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Later than sooner: a proposal for ending the stigma of premature do-not-resuscitate orders. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Dec; 59(12):2366-8.
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Physicians' views on the importance of patient preferences in surrogate decision-making. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010 Mar; 58(3):533-8.
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The "emergent circumstances" exception to the need for consent: the Texas Supreme Court ruling in Miller v. HCA. J Perinatol. 2004 Jun; 24(6):337-42.
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End-of-life decision making: when patients and surrogates disagree. J Clin Ethics. 1999; 10(4):286-93.
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Would physicians override a do-not-resuscitate order when a cardiac arrest is iatrogenic? J Gen Intern Med. 1999 Jan; 14(1):35-8.
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Overriding a patient's refusal of treatment after an iatrogenic complication. N Engl J Med. 1997 Jun 26; 336(26):1908-10.
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To resuscitate or not ... in the operating room: the need for hospital policies for surgeons regarding DNR orders. Ann Health Law. 1997; 6:209-27.