 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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Terminally Ill" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Terminally Ill" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Terminally Ill" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Garcia X, Frazier E, Kane J, Jones A, Brown C, Bryant T, Prodhan P. Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Transport and Palliative Care: A Case Series. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2021 Jan; 38(1):94-97.
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Mavros MN, Coburn NG, Davis LE, Mahar AL, Liu Y, Beyfuss K, Myrehaug S, Earle CC, Hallet J. Low rates of specialized cancer consultation and cancer-directed therapy for noncurable pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a population-based analysis. CMAJ. 2019 05 27; 191(21):E574-E580.
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Tunzi M, Ventres W. A Reflective Case Study in Family Medicine Advance Care Planning Conversations. J Am Board Fam Med. 2019 Jan-Feb; 32(1):108-114.
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Miller KE, Coleman RD, Eisenberg L, Henriksen J, Lantos JD, Weiss EM. Unilateral Withdrawal of Life-sustaining Therapy in a Severely Impaired Child. Pediatrics. 2018 11; 142(5).
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