"Advance Care Planning" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Discussions with patients and/or their representatives about the goals and desired direction of the patient's care, particularly end-of-life care, in the event that the patient is or becomes incompetent to make decisions.
| Descriptor ID |
D032722
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.590.233.624.124
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Advance Care Planning" by people in Profiles.
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From Barriers to Assets: Rethinking factors impacting advance care planning for African Americans. Palliat Support Care. 2019 06; 17(3):306-313.
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Advance Care Planning in the Outpatient Geriatric Medicine Setting. Prim Care. 2017 Sep; 44(3):511-518.
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Use of a values inventory as a discussion aid about end-of-life care: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Palliat Support Care. 2016 08; 14(4):330-40.
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Decision-making styles of seriously ill male Veterans for end-of-life care: Autonomists, Altruists, Authorizers, Absolute Trusters, and Avoiders. Patient Educ Couns. 2014 Mar; 94(3):334-41.
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Palliative and end-of-life care in lung cancer: Diagnosis and management of lung cancer, 3rd ed: American College of Chest Physicians evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Chest. 2013 May; 143(5 Suppl):e498S-e512S.
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The physician's professional role in end-of-life decision-making: voices of racially and ethnically diverse physicians. Patient Educ Couns. 2010 Jul; 80(1):3-9.
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Voices of African American, Caucasian, and Hispanic surrogates on the burdens of end-of-life decision making. J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Mar; 23(3):267-74.
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Current research findings on end-of-life decision making among racially or ethnically diverse groups. Gerontologist. 2005 Oct; 45(5):634-41.
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The effect of ethnicity on ICU use and DNR orders in hospitalized AIDS patients. J Clin Ethics. 1997; 8(2):150-7.