When patients lack capacity: The roles that patients with terminal diagnoses would choose for their physicians and loved ones in making medical decisions

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 342-353

  Nolan, Marie T ^a   Hughes, Mark ^a   Narendra, Derek Paul ^b   Sood, Johanna R ^b   Terry, Peter B ^a   Astrow, Alan B ^b,c   Kub, Joan ^a   Thompson, Richard E ^a   Sulmasy, Daniel P ^b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Decision making; End of life; Ethics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FAMILY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; RACE; RELIGION; SCALE UP;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 27344447234     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2005.04.010     Document Type: Article

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