A Prospective Study of Advance Directives for Life-Sustaining Care

The practice of medicine in the United States is imbued with the principle that patients have the right of self-determination. 1 , 2 The most supreme exercise of this right occurs when patients consent to life-sustaining treatments or refuse them. 3 Unfortunately, patients are often incapable of par...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The New England journal of medicine 1991-03, Vol.324 (13), p.882-888
Hauptverfasser:	Danis, Marion, Southerland, Leslie I, Garrett, Joanne M, Smith, Janet L, Hielema, Frank, Pickard, C. Glenn, Egner, David M, Patrick, Donald L
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Advance directives Advance Directives - statistics & numerical data Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences Consent Epidemiology Female Forms and Records Control Hospitalization Hospitals Humans Illnesses Intensive care Interviews Legal medicine Life Support Care - utilization Male Medical ethics Medical records Medical sciences Medicine Middle Aged North Carolina Nursing Nursing Homes Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care) - statistics & numerical data Patients Preferences Prospective Studies Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Resuscitation Right to die State laws Surgery Surveys and Questionnaires Terminal illnesses Unconsciousness Ventilation Ventilators
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