An unblinkered view of best interests

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7887, 2012, Pages

  Martin, Wayne ^a   Freyenhagen, Fabian ^a   Hall, Elizabeth ^a   O'Shea, Tom ^a   Szerletics, Antal ^a   Ashley, Vivienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIOLOGY; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT RIGHTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 84871177486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e8007     Document Type: Short Survey

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