The ethics of surgery in the elderly demented patient with bowel obstruction

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 105-108

  Gallagher, P ^a   Clark, K ^b  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH DURHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; SIGMOID VOLVULUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; ENGLAND; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036225451     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.28.2.105     Document Type: Article

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