Advance directives and the family: French and American perspectives

Clinical Ethics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 139-145

  Rodriguez Arias D ^a   Moutel, G ^a   Aulisio, M P ^a   Salfati, A ^b   Coffin, J C ^b   Rodriguez Arias J L ^b   Calvo, L ^b   Herve C ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

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EID: 84992791979     PISSN: 14777509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/147775007781870038     Document Type: Article

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