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Enough: The Failure of the Living Will

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: In pursuit of the dream that patients' exercise of autonomy could extend beyond their span of competence, living wills have passed from controversy to conventional wisdom, to widely promoted policy. But the policy has not produced results, and should be abandoned.

Source: The Hastings Center Report

DOI: 10.2307/3527683

Authors: Angela Fagerlin, Carl E. Schneider

Institution: University of Michigan

Language: English

Topic: Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2063089034

FWCI: 28.69

Cites: 104

Cited by: 575

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