Stroke medicine-ethical and legal considerations

Age and Ageing

Volumn 31, Issue , 2002, Pages 31-35

  Louw, Stephen J ^a   Keeble, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Ward Hadaway Solicitors   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Jurisprudence; Medical ethics; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STROKE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; LEGAL APPROACH;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0036863892     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/31.suppl_3.31     Document Type: Article

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