Substituted judgment: The limitations of autonomy in surrogate decision making

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1514-1517

  Torke, Alexia M ^a,b,c   Alexander, G Caleb ^d   Lantos, John ^d,e,f  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Charles Warren Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f Center for Practical Bioethics   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; End of life; Substituted judgement; Surrogate

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; INDIVIDUALITY; MODEL; PATIENT AUTONOMY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PROXY; RIGHT TO DIE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 50049135922     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0688-8     Document Type: Review

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