Respecting autonomy in severely demented patients through advanced medical directives

This paper discusses the problem that Margo, a severely demented patient, faces when she has pneumonia. Pneumonia is easy to treat with the use of antibiotics, but if left untreated, it is lethal. The doctor has received her advanced medical directive (AMD), where she indicated that she would rej...

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Main Author: Li, Xue Er
Other Authors: Melvin Chen
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73537
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English