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Decisions at the End of Life
Author(s) -
Emanuel Linda L.,
Emanuel Ezekiel J.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.2307/3562059
Subject(s) - end of life care , psychology , medicine , nursing , palliative care
To guide treatment decisions for incompetent patients who have no advance directives, health care institutions should look to the preferences of their own communities of patients. That is the best way to ensure that incompetent patients' wishes will be followed.