Precedent autonomy: Life-sustaining intervention and the demented patient

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 189-199

  Newton, Michael J ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BENEFICENCE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; EUTHANASIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONHOOD; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVE ADHERENCE; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; BENEFICENCE; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUTHANASIA; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONHOOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033090010     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180199802084     Document Type: Article

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