Medical decision-making during the guardianship process for incapacitated, hospitalized adults: A descriptive cohort study

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1003-1008

  Bandy, Robin J ^a,c   Helft, Paul R ^b,c   Bandy, Robert W ^b   Torke, Alexia M ^b,c,d  

^a WISHARD HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Charles Warren Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics   (United States)

^d REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

court appointed guardian; health care consent; health care decisions; incapacitated patients; proxy decision making; surrogate decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CUSTODY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL GUARDIANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77957195888     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1351-8     Document Type: Article

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