title: Anticipated directives and living will for terminal patients: an integrative review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  characterizing the national and international scientific literature about the advanced directives of living will as applied to the terminally ill patient.
  
  
  METHODS
  integrative review considering the articles published in Portal Capes, SciELO, LILACS, MEDLINE, Journal of Bioethics and Bioethikos, with the descriptors: Advanced directives, Wills regarding life and Advance Directives, Living Will and Terminally Ill, totaling 44 articles submitted to content analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  three categories emerged: Students and professionals facing the advance directives of living will: Perceptions, opinions and practices; Patient's receptivity to the Advance Directives of Living Will; The family facing the advance directives of living will.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the relevance of the topic became evident as a guarantee of respect for the dignity and autonomy of the patient, as well as to reduce ethical conflicts faced by families and health professionals facing care at the end of life.
authors: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, BR.
authors: Silvana Bastos
authors: SB
authors: Cogo
authors: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, BR.
authors: Valéria Lerch
authors: VL
authors: Lunardi
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives; D006801:Humans; D016224:Living Wills; D019452:Terminally Ill