What Is the Moral Authority of Family Members to Act as Surrogates for Incompetent Patients?

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 599-618

  Brock, Dan W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ARTICLE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CUSTODY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HUMAN; MENTAL CAPACITY; MORALITY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POLICY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; UNITED STATES;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HUMANS; LEGAL GUARDIANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MORALS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029683741     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3350394     Document Type: Article

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