Treatment decision making for incapacitated patients: Is development and use of a patient preference predictor feasible?

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (United Kingdom)

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 130-152

  Rid, Annette ^a,b   Wendler, David ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

advance care planning; advance directives; decisional incapacity; surrogates; treatment decision making

Indexed keywords

AGE; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FAMILY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84899006291     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: 17445019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmp/jhu006     Document Type: Article

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