Can healthcare providers obtain judicial intervention against surrogates who demand "medically inappropriate" life support for incompetent patients? [electronic resource]
- Critical care medicine May 1996
- 883-7 p. digital
Publication Type: Journal Article; Review
0090-3493
10.1097/00003246-199605000-00026 doi
Coma--therapy Decision Making Dissent and Disputes Ethics, Medical Family--psychology Group Processes Health Care Rationing Humans Judicial Role Legal Guardians--legislation & jurisprudence Life Support Care--legislation & jurisprudence Medical Futility Mental Competency Patient Advocacy--legislation & jurisprudence Resource Allocation Stress, Psychological United States Value of Life Withholding Treatment