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Health care directives for the elderly.
Journal article

Health care directives for the elderly.

Abstract

The treatment of incompetent older people presents physicians and family members with complex medical, ethical, moral, and legal problems. This article explores the use of advance health care directives in the decision-making process, the qualities of the "ideal" directive, practical and legal issues relating to directives, and the role of the family physician in their implementation.

Authors

Urbanyi M; Molloy DW; Lever JA

Journal

Canadian Family Physician, Vol. 38, , pp. 2357–2361

Publication Date

10 1992

ISSN

0008-350X