"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,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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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| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Advance Care Planning" by people in Profiles.
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Palliative Care Program for Community-Dwelling Individuals With Dementia and Caregivers: The IN-PEACE Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2025 03 18; 333(11):962-971.
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Mindfulness to enhance quality of life and support advance care planning: a pilot randomized controlled trial for adults with advanced cancer and their family caregivers. BMC Palliat Care. 2024 Sep 28; 23(1):232.
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Realizing the Promise of Advance Care Planning Will Require Health System Accountability to Quality Standards. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2024 02; 50(2):93-94.
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Discussions About Goals of Care and Advance Care Planning Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer Approaching the End of Life. J Clin Oncol. 2023 10 20; 41(30):4739-4746.
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Palliative Care Early in the Care Continuum among Patients with Serious Respiratory Illness: An Official ATS/AAHPM/HPNA/SWHPN Policy Statement. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 09 15; 206(6):e44-e69.
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Controversies About Advance Care Planning. JAMA. 2022 02 15; 327(7):685.
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Preparation Matters: What We Can Learn From an Olympic Swimmer About the Value of Advance Care Planning Interventions. Ann Intern Med. 2021 11; 174(11):1618-1619.
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Deficits in Advance Care Planning for Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis at Liver Transplant Centers. JAMA Intern Med. 2021 05 01; 181(5):652-660.
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Concordance of End-of-Life Care With End-of-Life Wishes in an Integrated Health Care System. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 04 01; 4(4):e213053.
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Advancing Symptom Alleviation with Palliative Treatment (ADAPT) trial to improve quality of life: a study protocol for a randomized clinical trial. Trials. 2019 Jun 13; 20(1):355.