"Wills" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Legal documents that are declarations of individuals' wishes regarding the disposal of their property or estate after death; esp: written instruments, legally executed, by which dispositions are made of estates. LIVING WILLS are written declarations regarding prolongation of life by extraordinary means.
| Descriptor ID |
D014918
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.604.583.927
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Wills" by people in Profiles.
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Deathbed wills: assessing testamentary capacity in the dying patient. Int Psychogeriatr. 2014 Feb; 26(2):209-16.
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Testamentary capacity and delirium. Int Psychogeriatr. 2010 Sep; 22(6):950-6.
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Contemporaneous assessment of testamentary capacity. Int Psychogeriatr. 2009 Jun; 21(3):433-9.
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Genotypic features of lentivirus transgenic mice. J Virol. 2008 Jul; 82(14):7111-9.
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The matter of wills. Can your cognitively impaired older patient execute a new will? Geriatrics. 2003 Jan; 58(1):65-7.