"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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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Living Wills" by people in Profiles.
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Winter L, Parks SM, Diamond JJ. Ask a different question, get a different answer: why living wills are poor guides to care preferences at the end of life. J Palliat Med. 2010 May; 13(5):567-72.
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Engel JD, Kane G, Jones DL, Lynn-McHale D, Swartz M, Durbin P, Klingen D. The Patient Self-Determination Act and advance directives: snapshots of activities in a tertiary health care center. J Med Humanit. 1997; 18(3):193-208.
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Kane GC. Suicide and advance directives: one doctor's dilemma. J Med Humanit. 1996; 17(3):191-3.
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Janofsky JS, Rovner BW. Prevalence of advance directives and guardianship in nursing home patients. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 1993 Oct-Dec; 6(4):214-6.