Health Care

Advance Care Planning

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.

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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.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Advance Health Care Planning
  • Advance Medical Planning
  • Medical Planning, Advance
  • Planning, Advance Medical

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9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2003; use ADVANCE DIRECTIVES 1999-2002

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Previous Indexing

  • Advance Directives (1994-2002)

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  1. N04w.590.233.624.124w

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W 85.5

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Advance Care Planning. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D032722. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D032722
  2. Advance Care Planning. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_care_planning
  3. Advance Care Planning. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18209059