Rethinking the ethical framework for surrogate decision making: A qualitative study of physicians

Journal of Clinical Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 110-119

  Torke, Alexia M ^a,b   Simmerling, Mary ^c   Siegler, Mark ^d   Kaya, Danit ^e   Alexander, G Caleb ^d  

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

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

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 50449088352     PISSN: 10467890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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