Patient Self-Determination and the Artificial Prolongation of Life.

Osman, Hana; Perlin, Terry M.

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ERIC Number: EJ492519

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Publication Date: 1994

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Patient Self-Determination and the Artificial Prolongation of Life.

Osman, Hana; Perlin, Terry M.

Health & Social Work, v19 n4 p245-52 Nov 1994

Considers ethical dilemmas inherent in health care decision making and in patients' advance directives. Describes PRACTICE (patient, relationships, advocacy, conflicts, treatment/nontreatment options, interests, consequences, ethical principles) model which allows health care practitioners to think about ethical issues in structured and systematic way. (Author/NB)

Descriptors: Ethics, Individual Power, Medical Services, Patients, Self Determination

Publication Type: Reports - General; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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