 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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Below are the most recent publications written about "Terminally Ill" by people in Profiles.
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Levy C, Weeks KS, Benson RJ, Miller JM, Higgins J, Deutsch SA, Lantos JD. Failure to Provide Adequate Palliative Care May Be Medical Neglect. Pediatrics. 2019 10; 144(4).
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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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