Advance Directive Adherence
"Advance Directive Adherence" 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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Compliance by health personnel or proxies with the stipulations of ADVANCE DIRECTIVES (or similar directives such as RESUSCITATION ORDERS) when patients are unable to direct their own care.
| Descriptor ID |
D024362
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.761.040 N05.715.360.317
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| Concept/Terms |
Advance Directive Adherence- Advance Directive Adherence
- Adherence, Advance Directive
- Directive Adherence, Advance
- Advance Directive Compliance
- Compliance, Advance Directive
- Directive Compliance, Advance
Directive Adherence- Directive Adherence
- Adherence, Directive
- Adherences, Directive
- Directive Adherences
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Advance Directive Adherence" by people in Profiles.
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The consistency between treatments provided to nursing facility residents and orders on the physician orders for life-sustaining treatment form. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Nov; 59(11):2091-9.