Advance Care Planning

"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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	N04.590.233.624.124
Concept/Terms	Advance Care Planning Advance Care Planning Advance Health Care Planning Advance Medical Planning Advance Medical Planning Medical Planning, Advance Planning, Advance Medical

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Advance Care Planning".

Health Care [N]
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]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Advance Care Planning".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Advance Care Planning".

Advance Care Planning
Advance Directives

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Advance Care Planning" by people in this website by year, and whether "Advance Care Planning" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 19 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2014 and 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2010	1	0	1
2011	2	0	2
2013	1	0	1
2014	2	1	3
2016	1	0	1
2017	1	2	3
2018	2	0	2
2019	0	1	1
2020	2	0	2
2023	1	0	1
2024	0	1	1
2025	0	1	1

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Oyeyemi DM, Ikesu R, Saliba D, Walling AM, Essien UR, Norris KC, Klomhaus A, Xu H, Gotanda H, Tsugawa Y. End-of-Life Care for Older Adults With Dementia by Race and Ethnicity and Physicians' Role. JAMA Health Forum. 2025 Nov 07; 6(11):e254235.

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Magnuson A, Loh KP, Stauffer F, Dale W, Gilmore N, Kadambi S, Klepin HD, Kyi K, Lowenstein LM, Phillips T, Ramsdale E, Schiaffino MK, Simmons JF, Williams GR, Zittel J, Mohile S. Geriatric assessment for the practicing clinician: The why, what, and how. CA Cancer J Clin. 2024 Nov-Dec; 74(6):496-518.

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Quintiliani LM, Kamaka M, Henault L, Antonio MCK, Sentell T, Spencer K, Akaka G, Honda LKL, Hanakeawe D, Dillard A, Kekauoha BP, Davis AD, Seitz R, Cabral HJ, Volandes A, Leimomi Mala Mau MK, Paasche-Orlow MK. I kua na'u "Let me carry out your last wishes" Clinical trial protocol to promote advance care planning among native Hawaiian populations. Contemp Clin Trials. 2023 12; 135:107365.

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Bazargan M, Bazargan-Hejazi S. Disparities in Palliative and Hospice Care and Completion of Advance Care Planning and Directives Among Non-Hispanic Blacks: A Scoping Review of Recent Literature. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2021 Jun; 38(6):688-718.

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Sobanski PZ, Alt-Epping B, Currow DC, Goodlin SJ, Grodzicki T, Hogg K, Janssen DJA, Johnson MJ, Krajnik M, Leget C, Mart?nez-Sell?s M, Moroni M, Mueller PS, Ryder M, Simon ST, Stowe E, Larkin PJ. Palliative care for people living with heart failure: European Association for Palliative Care Task Force expert position statement. Cardiovasc Res. 2020 01 01; 116(1):12-27.

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Wong SM, Kamaka M, Carpenter DL, Seamon EM. A Review of the Literature on Native Hawaiian End-of-Life Care: Implications for Research and Practice. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2019 12; 78(12 Suppl 3):41-44.

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Solis GR, Mancera BM, Shen MJ. Strategies used to facilitate the discussion of advance care planning with older adults in primary care settings: A literature review. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2018 May; 30(5):270-279.

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Dalkin S, Lhussier M, Jones D, Phillipson P, Cunningham W. Open communication strategies between a triad of 'experts' facilitates death in usual place of residence: A realist evaluation. Palliat Med. 2018 05; 32(5):980-989.

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Gonzalez K, Ulloa JG, Moreno G, Echeverr?a O, Norris K, Talamantes E. Intensive procedure preferences at the end of life (EOL) in older Latino adults with end stage renal disease (ESRD) on dialysis. BMC Nephrol. 2017 Oct 23; 18(1):319.

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Sodeke SO. Commentary on "Discussing Advance Care Planning and Directives in the General Population". South Med J. 2017 09; 110(9):569-570.

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