Treatment choices at the end of Life: A comparison of decisions by older patients and their physician-selected proxies

Gerontologist

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1989, Pages 615-621

  Zweibel, Nancy R ^a   Cassel, Christine K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Decision making; Medical ethics; Surrogates

Indexed keywords

SURVEY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY MEMBERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VALUES; VENTILATORS;

ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; CONSENSUS; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY MEMBERS; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; SURVEY; VALUES; VENTILATORS;

ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0024740683     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/29.5.615     Document Type: Article

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