Point: The Texas advance directives act effectively and ethically resolves disputes about medical futility

Chest

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 963-967

  Fine, Robert L ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT; CONSULTATION; COURT; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORALITY; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 70350109371     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-1267     Document Type: Editorial

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