Some comments on the substituted judgement standard

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-40

  Egonsson, Dan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Euthanasia; Factual versus hypothetical consent or preferences; Non competence; Substituted judgement standard

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; CUSTODY; DECISION MAKING; ETHICAL THEORY; HUMAN; MENTAL CAPACITY; PHILOSOPHY; RELIGION;

DECISION MAKING; ETHICAL THEORY; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEGAL GUARDIANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; RELIGION;

EID: 77949503190     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-009-9194-y     Document Type: Article

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