Living wills and health care proxies. Nurse practice implications
Schwarz, J.K.
Nursing and Health Care Official Publication of the National League for Nursing 13(2): 92-96
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0276-5284 PMID: 1545938 Document Number: 390261
Schwarz discusses the uses and limitations of advance written directives and health care proxies as means to patient self-determination in health care decision making, as well as implications for nursing practice.
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