A forced choice: The value of requiring advance directives

Journal of Clinical Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-140

  Abbo, Elmer D ^a   Volandes, Angelo E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SELF-DETERMINATION ACT; POLICY; POLITICS; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SELF-DETERMINATION ACT; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POLITICS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50449089504     PISSN: 10467890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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