living wills - CISMeF

Preferred Label : living wills;

MeSH definition : 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);

MeSH synonym : living will; will, living; wills, living;

Wikipedia automatic translation : Advance healthcare directive;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance healthcare directive;

Details

Origin ID

D016224;

UMLS CUI

C0023914;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- prevention and control [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
MedlinePlus topic(s)
- advance directives [MedlinePlus Topic]
Record concept(s)
- living wills [MeSH concept]
See also
- right to die [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Intellectual Product [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Living Will [NCIt concept]
- Living will [LOINC component]
- Living will (record artifact) [SNOMED CT concept]

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