Advance directives and personal identity: What is the problem?

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-73

  Furberg, Elisabeth ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

advance directives; medical ethics; normative theory; personal identity

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIVIDUALITY; LIVING WILL; MENTAL CAPACITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVE ADHERENCE; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MENTAL COMPETENCY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84856474444     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: 17445019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmp/jhr055     Document Type: Article

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