Determining the validity of advance directives

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 172, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 545-548

  Biegler, Paul ^a   Stewart, Cameron ^b   Savulescu, Julian ^c   Skene, Loane ^c  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEGLIGENCE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0034608682     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2000.tb124103.x     Document Type: Review

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