Myth of substituted judgment: Surrogate decision making regarding life support is unreliable

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 90-96

  Suhl, Jeremiah ^a,c,d   Simons, Pamela ^b   Reedy, Terry ^a   Garrick, Thomas ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Lexington Clinic ^*

^d LEXINGTON CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY;

ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; CALIFORNIA; CANCER; CHRONICALLY ILL; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY MEMBERS; FUTILITY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; SURVEY; VENTILATORS; WEST LOS ANGELES VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; FAMILY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADVOCACY; QUESTIONNAIRES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0028140328     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.154.1.90     Document Type: Article

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