Limiting the Role of the Family in Discontinuation of Life Sustaining Treatment
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Puri, Vinod K. and Weber, Leonard J.
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JOURNAL OF MEDICAL HUMANITIES 1990 Summer; 11(2): 91-98
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1990-06Collections
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Limiting the Role of the Family in Discontinuation of Life Sustaining Treatment
Puri, Vinod K.; Weber, Leonard J. (1990)In matters of discontinuation of life-sustaining treatment, traditional role of the family to speak on behalf of the incompetent patient is questionable. We explore the reasons why physicians perceive patient autonomy to ...