"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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.604.583.020 N03.706.535.020 N04.590.233.624.124.050
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| Concept/Terms |
Advance Directives- Advance Directives
- Advance Directive
- Directive, Advance
- Directives, Advance
Psychiatric Wills- Psychiatric Wills
- Psychiatric Will
- Will, Psychiatric
- Wills, Psychiatric
- Ulysses Contracts
- Contract, Ulysses
- Contracts, Ulysses
- Ulysses Contract
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 13 | 4 | 17 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Advance Directives" by people in Profiles.
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Goals of Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implementing DNI, DNR, and DNH Orders in a Skilled Nursing Facility. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2021 Mar; 22(3):B21.
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Increasing Medical Power of Attorney Completion for Hospitalized Patients During the COVID Pandemic: A Social Work Led Quality Improvement Intervention. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2021 03; 61(3):579-584.e1.
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Changes in Advance Care Planning for Nursing Home Residents During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2021 01; 22(1):209-214.
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Telehealth for the cognitively impaired older adult and their caregivers: lessons from a coordinated approach. Neurodegener Dis Manag. 2021 02; 11(1):83-89.
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Potential for State Restrictions to Impact Critical Care of Pregnant Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019. Chest. 2021 02; 159(2):873-875.
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Ethical guidelines on cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia Biomedica. 2020 10 30; 40(Supl. 2):180-187.
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The Underappreciated Role of Advance Directives: How the Pandemic Revitalises Advance Care Planning Actions. Eur J Health Law. 2020 10 08; 27(5):451-475.
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Value of Advance Care Directives for Patients With Serious Illness in the Era of COVID Pandemic: A Review of Challenges and Solutions. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2021 Feb; 38(2):191-198.
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COVID-19 brings a new urgency for advance care planning: Implications of death education. Death Stud. 2022; 46(1):91-96.
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Covid-19 in dementia: an insidious pandemic. Age Ageing. 2020 08 24; 49(5):713-715.