Advance Care Planning: Politically correct, but ethically sound?

Advance Care Planning in End of Life Care

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  George, Rob ^a   Harlow, Tim ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Hospiscare   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Advance decision making; Autonomy; End of life; Self

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879947235     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199561636.003.0006     Document Type: Chapter

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