Ethical and legal issues of tracheostomy ventilation in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Doctors owe a legal duty of care to patients, of which legal standard of care, especially on advice, evolves over time. With the modified Montgomery test, informed consent involves a process of best interests decision-making accompanied by disclosure of relevant information in a comprehensible fashi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2019-09-01
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Series: | Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2010105819828753 |