Dawning of awareness: The experience of surrogate decision making at the end of life

Journal of Clinical Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-45

  Chambers Evans, Jane ^a,b   Carnevale, Franco A ^b,c,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Faculty of Medicine (Pediatrics)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT RIGHT; WELLBEING;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; RIGHT TO DIE; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT;

EID: 20044392143     PISSN: 10467890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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