Incompetent patients, substitute decision making, and quality of life: Some ethical considerations

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Kluge, Eike Henner W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUBSTITUTE DECISION MAKING; CUSTODY; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNITED STATES;

DECISION MAKING; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROXY; QUALITY OF LIFE; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55849121519     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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