Reconceptualizing the experience of surrogate decision making: Reports vs genuine decisions

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-253

  Braun, Ursula K ^a,b   Naik, Aanand D ^a,b   McCullough, Laurence B ^b  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Negotiating; Surrogate decision making; Surrogate decisions; Surrogate reports

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; INFORMED CONSENT; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN;

EID: 67649612843     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.963     Document Type: Article

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