Strategic Ambiguities in the Process of Consent: Role of the Family in Decisions to Forgo Life-Sustaining Treatment for Incompetent Elderly Patients

Author： Chun-yan Tse   Tao Julia  

Publisher： Oxford University Press

ISSN： 0360-5310

Source： The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, Vol.29, Iss.2, 2004-04, pp. : 207-223

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