Advance directives and surrogate decision making before death

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 363, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 295-296

  Kierzek, Gerald ^a   Rac, Valeria ^b   Pourriat, Jean Louis ^a  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEATH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LETTER; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77954652340     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1005312     Document Type: Letter

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