The application of health care surrogate laws to older populations: How good a match?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-188

  Hayley, Deon Cox ^a   Stern, Roya ^a   Stocking, Carol ^a   Sachs, Greg A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAW; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; RELATIVE;

EID: 0030061360     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb02437.x     Document Type: Article

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