When patients do not have a proxy: A Procedure for medical decision making when there is no one to speak for the patient

Journal of Clinical Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 323-330

  Hyun, Insoo ^a   Griggins, Cynthia ^b   Weiss, Margaret ^c   Robbins, Dorothy ^c   Robichaud, Allyson ^d   Daly, Barbara ^c,e  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c University Hospitals   (United States)

^d CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CUSTODY; DECISION MAKING; ENTERIC FEEDING; ETHICS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; AIDS DEMENTIA COMPLEX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; ENTERAL NUTRITION; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROXY;

EID: 33847046409     PISSN: 10467890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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4. Ibid., 19-22.
5. Ibid., 20-1.
6. Ibid., 29-31.
7. Ibid., 22-7.
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