 Terminally Ill
"Terminally Ill" 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.
Persons with an incurable or irreversible illness at the end stage that will result in death within a short time. (From O'Leary et al., Lexikon: Dictionary of Health Care Terms, Organizations, and Acronyms for the Era of Reform, 1994, p780)
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D019452
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.873
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Terminally Ill" by people in Profiles.
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Kessler ER, Ressalam J, DeCamp M, Lum HD, Kini V, Campbell EG. Specialty Differences in Medical Aid in Dying Experiences: Results of a Survey of Physicians in Colorado. Oncologist. 2023 07 05; 28(7):e585-e587.
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Spencer KL, Mrig EH, Talaie AK. Does Palliative Care Utilization Facilitate Conversion to Hospice Care? A Qualitative Study of the "Soft No". Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2020 Sep; 37(9):701-706.
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Cooney TM, Shapiro A, Tate CE. End-of-Life Care Planning: The Importance of Older Adults' Marital Status and Gender. J Palliat Med. 2019 08; 22(8):902-907.
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Kolva E, Rosenfeld B, Saracino RM. Neuropsychological Predictors of Decision-Making Capacity in Terminally Ill Patients with Advanced Cancer. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2019 Jan 24; 35(1):1-9.
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Kutner JS, Abernethy AP. Coding Error Resulting in Change in Secondary Outcome Scores in Trial of Safety and Benefit of Discontinuing Statin Therapy Among Terminally Ill Patients. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 01 01; 179(1):126.
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Kolva E, Rosenfeld B, Saracino R. Assessing the Decision-Making Capacity of Terminally Ill Patients with Cancer. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2018 05; 26(5):523-531.
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Roselli EE, Hasan SM, Idrees JJ, Aftab M, Eagleton MJ, Menon V, Svensson LG. Inoperable patients with acute type A dissection: are they candidates for endovascular repair? Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2017 10 01; 25(4):582-588.
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McIlvennan CK, Matlock DD. Palliative Care in Heart Failure: Architects Needed. J Card Fail. 2017 02; 23(2):201-203.
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Kolva E, Rosenfeld B, Liu Y, Pessin H, Breitbart W. Using item response theory (IRT) to reduce patient burden when assessing desire for hastened death. Psychol Assess. 2017 03; 29(3):349-353.
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Montross-Thomas LP, Irwin SA, Meier EA, Gallegos JV, Golshan S, Roeland E, McNeal H, Munson D, Rodseth L. Enhancing legacy in palliative care: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of Dignity Therapy focused on positive outcomes. BMC Palliat Care. 2015 Sep 21; 14:44.
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