Terminal Care

"Terminal Care" 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.

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Medical and nursing care of patients in the terminal stage of an illness.

Descriptor ID	D013727
MeSH Number(s)	E02.760.905 N02.421.585.905
Concept/Terms	Terminal Care Terminal Care Care, Terminal End of Life Care Care End, Life Care Ends, Life Life Care End Life Care Ends

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Terminal Care".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Patient Care [E02.760]
Terminal Care [E02.760.905]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Services [N02.421]
Patient Care [N02.421.585]
Terminal Care [N02.421.585.905]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Terminal Care".

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Terminal Care" by people in this website by year, and whether "Terminal Care" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 79 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2017 and 2022

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	0	1	1
2001	1	0	1
2002	4	1	5
2003	1	1	2
2004	2	3	5
2005	3	1	4
2006	2	2	4
2007	1	0	1
2008	1	2	3
2009	0	1	1
2010	3	1	4
2011	2	1	3
2012	1	0	1
2013	1	1	2
2014	1	2	3
2015	3	1	4
2016	3	1	4
2017	6	0	6
2018	4	0	4
2019	3	0	3
2020	3	0	3
2021	2	0	2
2022	6	0	6
2023	3	0	3
2024	2	2	4

Below are the most recent publications written about "Terminal Care" by people in Profiles.

Ginggeaw S, LeBlanc R, Chung J. Social Determinants of Quality of Life in the Last Year of Life Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Multimorbidity. Clin Nurs Res. 2025 Feb; 34(2):107-119.

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Jain S, Long JB, Rao V, Law AC, Walkey AJ, Prsic E, Lindenauer PK, Krumholz HM, Gross CP. Trends in use of intensive care during hospitalizations at the end-of-life among older adults with advanced cancer. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Dec; 72(12):3840-3848.

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Hsieh TC, Yeo YH, Zou G, Zhou C, Ash A. Disparities in Palliative Care Use for Patients With Blood Cancer Who Died in the Hospital. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2025 Mar; 42(3):236-243.

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Broden EG, Eche-Ugwu IJ, DeCourcey DD, Wolfe J, Hinds PS, Snaman J. "At Least I Can Push this Morphine": PICU Nurses' Approaches to Suffering Among Dying Children. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2024 Aug; 68(2):132-141.e2.

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Belanger E, Rosendaal N, Wang XJ, Teno JM, Gozalo PL, Dosa D, Thomas KS. Characteristics and End-of-Life Care Pathways of Decedents From a National Cohort of Assisted Living Residents. Med Care. 2024 Feb 01; 62(2):125-130.

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Kowaloff R. A Good Death. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Mar; 39(4):711-712.

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McCarthy EP, Lopez RP, Hendricksen M, Mazor KM, Roach A, Rogers AH, Epps F, Johnson KS, Akunor H, Mitchell SL. Black and white proxy experiences and perceptions that influence advanced dementia care in nursing homes: The ADVANCE study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 06; 71(6):1759-1772.

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Belanger E, Rosendaal N, Wang XJ, Teno JM, Dosa DM, Gozalo PL, Carder P, Thomas KS. Association Between State Regulations Supportive of Third-party Services and Likelihood of Assisted Living Residents in the US Dying in Place. JAMA Health Forum. 2022 10 07; 3(10):e223432.

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Rosa WE, Izumi S, Sullivan DR, Lakin J, Rosenberg AR, Creutzfeldt CJ, Lafond D, Tjia J, Cotter V, Wallace C, Sloan DE, Cruz-Oliver DM, DeSanto-Madeya S, Bernacki R, Leblanc TW, Epstein AS. Advance Care Planning in Serious Illness: A Narrative Review. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2023 01; 65(1):e63-e78.

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Reich AJ, Perez S, Fleming J, Gazarian P, Manful A, Ladin K, Tjia J, Semco R, Prigerson H, Weissman JS, Candrian C. Advance Care Planning Experiences Among Sexual and Gender Minority People. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 07 01; 5(7):e2222993.

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