Questioning the decision-making capacity of surrogates

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 257-259

  Bramstedt, Katrina A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Decision making; Moral obligations; Projection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT;

EID: 0038458825     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-5994.2003.00386.x     Document Type: Article

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