Complexities in decision making for persons with disabilities nearing end of life

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 54-67

  Robinson, Ellen M ^a   Phipps, Marion ^a   Purtilo, Ruth B ^b   Tsoumas, Angelica ^a   Hamel Nardozzi, Marguerite ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexities in decision making; Dignity; Disability; Ethics; Life sustaining treatment decisions

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AWARENESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISABILITY; EMERGENCY CARE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; LUNG DISEASE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STROKE;

AGED; DECISION MAKING; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONALITY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33750979008     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr1304-54     Document Type: Review

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