Patient self-determination and the artificial prolongation of life

Health and Social Work

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 245-252

  Osman, Hana ^a   Perlin, Terry M ^b  

^a TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical Dilemmas; Living Will; Patient Rights; Power Of Attorney; Self Determination

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY;

AGED; ALTERNATIVES; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DISSENT; DOCUMENTATION; FAMILY MEMBERS; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVING WILL; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELF-DETERMINATION ACT 1990; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESUSCITATION; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORKERS; SPOUSE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES; VALUES;

ALTERNATIVES; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; AUTONOMY; CASE STUDIES; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DISSENT; FAMILY MEMBERS; PATIENT SELF-DETERMINATION ACT 1990; SOCIAL WORKERS; UNITED STATES; VALUES;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DOCUMENTATION; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMAN; LIVING WILLS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SOCIAL WORK; SPOUSES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0028540581     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: 15456854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/19.4.245     Document Type: Article

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