"Living Wills" 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.
Written, witnessed declarations in which persons request that if they become disabled beyond reasonable expectation of recovery, they be allowed to die rather than be kept alive by extraordinary means. (Bioethics Thesaurus)
| Descriptor ID |
D016224
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.604.583.020.500 I01.880.604.583.927.500 N03.706.535.020.500 N04.590.233.624.124.050.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Living Wills- Living Wills
- Living Will
- Will, Living
- Wills, Living
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Living Wills" by people in Profiles.
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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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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 wills of older people: risk factors for undue influence. Int Psychogeriatr. 2009 Feb; 21(1):7-15.
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More talk, less paper: predicting the accuracy of substituted judgments. Am J Med. 1994 May; 96(5):432-8.