Medical decision making for patients without surrogates

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 1711-1715

  Varma, Sumeeta ^a   Wendler, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 34548649286     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.16.1711     Document Type: Review

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