Using the family covenant in planning end-of-life care: Obligations and promises of patients, families, and physicians

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1155-1158

  Doukas, David J ^a,c   Hardwig, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c Center for Bioethics   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Family; Medical ethics; Physician patient relationship

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PLANNING; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0043023857     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51383.x     Document Type: Review

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