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Descriptor English: Advance Care Planning
Descriptor Spanish: Planificación Anticipada de Atención
Descriptor planificación anticipada de la atención
Entry term(s) planificación de la asistencia anticipada
Scope note: Conversaciones con el paciente, sus representantes o ambos sobre los objetivos y la orientación deseada de la atención que se va a brindar al paciente, en particular la atención terminal, en el caso de que el paciente, en algún momento, se vuelva incapaz para tomar decisiones.
Descriptor Portuguese: Planejamento Antecipado de Cuidados
Descriptor French: Planification anticipée des soins
Entry term(s): Advance Health Care Planning
Advance Medical Planning
Medical Planning, Advance
Planning, Advance Medical
Tree number(s): N04.590.233.624.124
SP2.280.135.604
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D032722
Scope note: 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.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Advance Directives (1994-2002)
Public MeSH Note: 2003; see ADVANCE DIRECTIVES 1999-2002
History Note: 2003; use ADVANCE DIRECTIVES 1999-2002
Related: Terminal Care MeSH
DeCS ID: 37745
Unique ID: D032722
NLM Classification: W 85.5
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/02
Advance Care Planning - Preferred
Concept UI M0024775
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Advance Care Planning
Entry term(s) Advance Health Care Planning
Advance Medical Planning - Narrower
Concept UI M0401367
Preferred term Advance Medical Planning
Entry term(s) Medical Planning, Advance
Planning, Advance Medical



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