"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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| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Advance Directives" by people in Profiles.
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Student responses to advance directives assignments in undergraduate courses in the United States: A qualitative examination of stress appraisals, coping, and outcomes. Death Stud. 2022; 46(9):2215-2225.
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Experience With Advance Directives Among Prelicensure Nursing Students. J Nurs Educ. 2018 Jan 01; 57(1):35-39.
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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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Can a Surgeon Refuse to Operate When an Advance Directive Limits Postoperative Care? Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Oct; 102(4):1046-50.
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Advance directives in the provision of care for incarcerated adults: a scoping review protocol. JBI Database System Rev Implement Rep. 2016 06; 14(6):91-5.
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Advanced Care Directives: Overcoming the Obstacles. J Grad Med Educ. 2015 Mar; 7(1):91-4.
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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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The case of Mrs. A. J Palliat Med. 2012 Dec; 15(12):1396-7.
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Considerations in surrogate decision making in the internet age. Am J Bioeth. 2012; 12(10):51.
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The "PSOST": Providers' Signout for Scope of Treatment. J Palliat Med. 2010 Sep; 13(9):1055-8.