Health Care Decision-Making Capacity: A Legal Perspective for Long-Term Care Providers

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 322-326

  Zimring, Stuart D ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL CAPACITY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT RIGHT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SELF ESTEEM;

EID: 33744811967     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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