Making Medical Decisions for the Profoundly Mentally Disabled (Basic Bioethics)
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: June 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780262033312
Subjects: Health systems & services; Mental health services; Social welfare & social services; Medical; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Mental Health; Medical / Ethics; Ethics; Ethics & Professional Responsibility; Decision making; Informed consent (Medical law); Medical ethics; Mental health laws; United States
First sentence: This book is about surrogate decision making on behalf of people with profound mental disabilities-those men, women, and children whose mental functions are so limited that they cannot make considered choices about important matters affecting their lives.