Advance directives: Limitations upon their applicability in elderly care

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1039-1043

  Treloar, A J ^a  

^a Bexley Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Legislation; Rebuttal; Validity

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LAW; LIVING WILL; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL CAPACITY; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PSYCHOSIS; RELIABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0033379883     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199912)14:12<1039::AID-GPS60>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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