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Descriptor English: Living Wills
Descriptor Spanish: Voluntad en Vida
Descriptor testamento vital
Scope note: Declaraciones escritas, con testigos, en las cuales las personas piden que en el caso de sufrir una discapacidad y, a no ser que tengan una expectativa razonable de recuperación, se les permita morir y no se les mantenga en vida mediante medios extraordinarios.
Descriptor Portuguese: Testamentos Quanto à Vida
Descriptor French: Testament de vie
Entry term(s): Living Will
Will, Living
Wills, Living
Tree number(s): I01.880.604.583.020.500
I01.880.604.583.927.500
N03.706.535.020.500
N04.590.233.624.124.050.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016224
Scope note: Written, witnessed declarations in which persons request that if they become disabled beyond reasonable expectation of recovery, they be allowed to die rather than be kept alive by extraordinary means. (Bioethics Thesaurus)
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
EH ethnology
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PC prevention & control
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Right to Die (1987-1990)
Wills (1977-1986)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see RIGHT TO DIE 1987-90; was see WILLS 1977-86
Online Note: use RIGHT TO DIE to search LIVING WILLS 1987-90; use WILLS to search LIVING WILLS 1977-86
History Note: 91; was see RIGHT TO DIE 1987-90; was see WILLS 1977-86
Related: Right to Die MeSH
DeCS ID: 29008
Unique ID: D016224
NLM Classification: W 85.5
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1990/08/03
Revision Date: 2003/07/09
Living Wills - Preferred
Concept UI M0024776
Scope note Written, witnessed declarations in which persons request that if they become disabled beyond reasonable expectation of recovery, they be allowed to die rather than be kept alive by extraordinary means. (Bioethics Thesaurus)
Preferred term Living Wills
Entry term(s) Living Will
Will, Living
Wills, Living



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