"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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 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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Care preferences in physician orders for life sustaining treatment in California nursing homes. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 07; 70(7):2040-2050.
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POLST completion and continuity in California nursing homes. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 07; 70(7):2148-2150.
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Serious Illness Treatment Preferences for Older Adults with Advanced CKD. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2019 11; 30(11):2252-2261.
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Barriers to Use of Palliative Care and Advance Care Planning Discussions for Patients With End-Stage Liver Disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 11; 17(12):2592-2599.
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The Effect of a Comprehensive Dementia Care Management Program on End-of-Life Care. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 03; 67(3):443-448.
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Health Outcome Priorities of Older Adults with Advanced CKD and Concordance with Their Nephrology Providers' Perceptions. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2018 12; 29(12):2870-2878.
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Nephrology Provider Prognostic Perceptions and Care Delivered to Older Adults with Advanced Kidney Disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017 Nov 07; 12(11):1762-1770.
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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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The Advance Care Planning Readiness Scale: Development and Validation of a Measure of Willingness to Discuss and Acceptance of End-of-Life Care in Gynecologic Cancer Patients. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2017 05; 27(4):838-846.
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Room for improvement: An examination of advance care planning documentation among gynecologic oncology patients. Gynecol Oncol. 2016 09; 142(3):525-30.