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 38 publications over 20 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1993	0	1	1
2000	2	0	2
2001	1	0	1
2002	1	1	2
2003	0	1	1
2004	1	1	2
2006	0	1	1
2007	1	1	2
2008	1	1	2
2009	1	0	1
2010	1	1	2
2011	1	0	1
2012	1	0	1
2013	2	1	3
2015	3	2	5
2016	3	0	3
2017	2	0	2
2018	1	1	2
2019	2	0	2
2020	0	2	2

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Zhukovsky DS, Haider A, Williams JL, Naqvi S, Joshi N, Mills S, Soliman PT, Mathew B, Bodurka D, Meyer LA, Westin S, Frumovitz M, Nowitz MB, Archie L, Fenton S, Lang K, Boving V, Bruera E. An Integrated Approach to Selecting a Prepared Medical Decision-Maker. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2021 06; 61(6):1305-1310.

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Amspoker AB, Snow AL, Renn BN, Block P, Pickens S, Morgan RO, Kunik ME. Patient Versus Informal Caregiver Proxy Reports of Pain Interference in Persons With Dementia. J Appl Gerontol. 2021 04; 40(4):414-422.

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Zhukovsky DS, Soliman PT, Mathew B, Mills S, Bodurka D, Frumovitz M, Meyer LA, Westin S, Nowitz M, Archie L, Fenton S, Lang K, Williams JL, Boving V, Bruera E. Systematic Approach to Selecting and Preparing a Medical Power of Attorney in the Gynecologic Oncology Center. J Oncol Pract. 2019 12; 15(12):e1092-e1097.

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Bibler TM. Choosing between Practicing Good Medicine and Following the Law in Texas. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 08 15; 200(4):513-514.

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Murray H, Wortzel HS. Psychiatric Advance Directives: Origins, Benefits, Challenges, and Future Directions. J Psychiatr Pract. 2019 Jul; 25(4):303-307.

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Bruce CR, Bibler T, Childress A, Fedson S. Legislating Medicine: The Need for Evidence, Argument, and Alliance. Crit Care Med. 2018 05; 46(5):788-790.

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Edwards LA, Bui C, Cabrera AG, Jarrell JA. Improving outpatient advance care planning for adults with congenital or pediatric heart disease followed in a pediatric heart failure and transplant clinic. Congenit Heart Dis. 2018 May; 13(3):362-368.

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Luck GR, Eggenberger T, Newman D, Cortizo J, Blankenship DC, Hennekens CH. Advance Directives in Hospice Healthcare Providers: A Clinical Challenge. Am J Med. 2017 11; 130(11):e487-e489.

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Elsayem AF, Bruera E, Valentine A, Warneke CL, Wood GL, Yeung SJ, Page VD, Silvestre J, Brock PA, Todd KH. Advance Directives, Hospitalization, and Survival Among Advanced Cancer Patients with Delirium Presenting to the Emergency Department: A Prospective Study. Oncologist. 2017 11; 22(11):1368-1373.

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Braun UK. Experiences with POLST: Opportunities for Improving Advance Care Planning : Editorial & Comment on: "Use of Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment among California Nursing Home Residents". J Gen Intern Med. 2016 10; 31(10):1111-2.

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