Decision Making in Health Care: limitations of the substituted judgement principle

The substituted judgement principle is often recommended as a means of promoting the self-determination of an incompetent individual when proxy decision makers are faced with having to make decisions about health care. This article represents a critical ethical analysis of this decision-making princ...

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Main Author: Bailey, Susan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2002
In: Nursing ethics
Year: 2002, Volume: 9, Issue: 5, Pages: 483-493
Further subjects:B Decision Making
B Health Care
B substituted judgement
B Self-determination
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