Patient autonomy, assessment of competence and surrogate decision-making: A call for reasonableness in deciding for others

Bioethics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-95

  Bærøe, Kristine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Competence assessment; Consent; Non competent; Reasonableness; Respectful treatment; Surrogate decision making

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL CAPACITY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT;

EID: 73449146663     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: 14678519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2008.00672.x     Document Type: Article

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