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Family Surrogate Laws: A Necessary Supplement To Living Wills And Durable Powers Of Attorney, Ardath A. Hamann
Family Surrogate Laws: A Necessary Supplement To Living Wills And Durable Powers Of Attorney, Ardath A. Hamann
Ardath A. Hamann
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Standards For Health Care Decision-Making: Legal And Practical Considerations, A. Kimberley Dayton
Standards For Health Care Decision-Making: Legal And Practical Considerations, A. Kimberley Dayton
Faculty Scholarship
This Article explores the guardian’s role in making, or assisting the ward to make, health care decisions, and provides an overview of existing standards and tools that offer guidance in this area. Part II outlines briefly the legal decisions and statutory developments assuring patient autonomy in medical treatment, and shows how these legal texts apply to and structure the guardian’s role as health care decision-maker. Part III examines the range of legal and practical approaches to such matters as decision-making standards, determining the ward’s likely treatment preferences, and resolving conflicts between guardians and health care agents appointed by the ward. …
Schiavo And Contemporary Myths About Dying, Rebecca Dresser
Schiavo And Contemporary Myths About Dying, Rebecca Dresser
University of Miami Law Review
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Family Surrogate Laws: A Necessary Supplement To Living Wills And Durable Powers Of Attorney, Ardath A. Hamann
Family Surrogate Laws: A Necessary Supplement To Living Wills And Durable Powers Of Attorney, Ardath A. Hamann
Villanova Law Review
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