Difficult healthcare transitions: Ethical analysis and policy recommendations for unrepresented patients
Background:In Ontario, Canada, patients who lack decision-making capacity and have no family or friends to act as substitute decision-makers currently rely on the Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee to consent to long-term care (nursing home) placement, but they have no legal representative fo...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage
2016
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Nursing ethics
Year: 2016, Volume: 23, Issue: 7, Pages: 770-783 |
Further subjects: | B
Ethics
B unrepresented patients B Bioethics B placement B healthcare transitions |
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