Substituted judgment in principle and practice: A national physician survey

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 666-673

  Combs, Michael P ^a,d   Rasinski, Kenneth A ^b   Yoon, John D ^b,c   Curlin, Farr A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SAVING TREATMENT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT RIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880217726     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2013.05.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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