Advance directives, best interests and clinical judgement: Shifting sands at the end of life

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 274-278

  Samanta, Ash ^a,c   Samanta, Jo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Best interests; Competence; Incompetence; Mental Capacity Act 2005; Withholding and withdrawing life supporting treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; DYING; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; HYDRATION; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL CAPACITY; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; TREATMENT REFUSAL; WELFARE;

EID: 33745460104     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.6-3-274     Document Type: Review

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