Advance Directives

"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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	I01.880.604.583.020 N03.706.535.020 N04.590.233.624.124.050
Concept/Terms	Advance Directives Advance Directives Advance Directive Directive, Advance Directives, Advance Medical Power of Attorney Medical Power of Attorney Attorney Medical Power Psychiatric Wills Psychiatric Wills Psychiatric Will Will, Psychiatric Wills, Psychiatric Ulysses Contracts Contract, Ulysses Contracts, Ulysses Ulysses Contract Health Care Power of Attorney Health Care Power of Attorney Healthcare Power of Attorney Attorney Healthcare Power

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Advance Directives".

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Sociology [I01.880]
Social Control, Formal [I01.880.604]
Jurisprudence [I01.880.604.583]
Advance Directives [I01.880.604.583.020]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
Social Control, Formal [N03.706]
Jurisprudence [N03.706.535]
Advance Directives [N03.706.535.020]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Patient Care Management [N04.590]
Comprehensive Health Care [N04.590.233]
Patient Care Planning [N04.590.233.624]
Advance Care Planning [N04.590.233.624.124]
Advance Directives [N04.590.233.624.124.050]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Advance Directives".

Advance Directives
Living Wills

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Bar chart showing 14 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2010 and 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1994	1	0	1
1996	1	0	1
1997	1	0	1
2002	1	0	1
2003	1	0	1
2008	0	1	1
2009	1	0	1
2010	1	1	2
2014	2	0	2
2017	1	0	1
2019	0	1	1
2022	0	1	1

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B?langer E, Couch E, Carroll MS, DePasquale N, Gadbois EA, Shepherd-Banigan M, Jutkowitz E, Van Houtven CH, Plassman BL, Wetle TT. Advance directives among cognitively impaired persons who had an amyloid PET scan and their care partners: a mixed-methods study. BMC Palliat Care. 2022 Nov 06; 21(1):194.

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DeMartino ES, Sperry BP, Doyle CK, Chor J, Kramer DB, Dudzinski DM, Mueller PS. US State Regulation of Decisions for Pregnant Women Without Decisional Capacity. JAMA. 2019 04 23; 321(16):1629-1631.

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Lyon ME, D'Angelo LJ, Dallas RH, Hinds PS, Garvie PA, Wilkins ML, Garcia A, Briggs L, Flynn PM, Rana SR, Cheng YI, Wang J. A randomized clinical trial of adolescents with HIV/AIDS: pediatric advance care planning. AIDS Care. 2017 Oct; 29(10):1287-1296.

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Ranola PA, Merchant RM, Perman SM, Khan AM, Gaieski D, Caplan AL, Kirkpatrick JN. How long is long enough, and have we done everything we should?--Ethics of calling codes. J Med Ethics. 2015 Aug; 41(8):663-6.

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Nkomo VT, Suri RM, Pislaru SV, Greason KL, Mathew V, Rihal CS, Mueller PS. Advance directives of patients with high-risk or inoperable aortic stenosis. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Sep; 174(9):1516-8.

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Zhou G, Stoltzfus JC, Houldin AD, Parks SM, Swan BA. Knowledge, attitudes, and practice behaviors of oncology advanced practice nurses regarding advanced care planning for patients with cancer. Oncol Nurs Forum. 2010 Nov; 37(6):E400-10.

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Lau B, Kirkpatrick JN, Merchant RM, Perman SM, Abella BS, Gaieski DF, Becker LB, Chiames C, Reitsma AM. Experiences of sudden cardiac arrest survivors regarding prognostication and advance care planning. Resuscitation. 2010 Aug; 81(8):982-6.

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Parks SM, Winter L. End of life decision-making for cancer patients. Prim Care. 2009 Dec; 36(4):811-23; table of contents.

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Mason DC, McElrath S, Penn-Erskine C, Kramer-Feeley V, Pomerantz SC, Cavalieri TA. Practice patterns of osteopathic physicians providing end-of-life care: a survey-based study. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2008 May; 108(5):240-50.

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Phipps E, True G, Harris D, Chong U, Tester W, Chavin SI, Braitman LE. Approaching the end of life: attitudes, preferences, and behaviors of African-American and white patients and their family caregivers. J Clin Oncol. 2003 Feb 01; 21(3):549-54.

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