De facto gatekeeping and informed consent in intensive care

Medicine and Law

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-27

  Burrows, R C ^a   Hodgson, R E ^a  

^a ADDINGTON HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE; JUSTICE; LIVING WILL; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031544926     PISSN: 07231393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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