Patients' interests in their family members' well-being: An overlooked, fundamental consideration within substituted judgments

Journal of Clinical Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-10

  Berger, Jeffrey T ^a,b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT RIGHT; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; WELLBEING;

PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; HUMANS; PATIENTS; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT;

EID: 20044391831     PISSN: 10467890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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