Contracts, covenants and advance care planning: an empirical study of the moral obligations of patient and proxy
Fins J, Maltby B, Friedmann E, Greene M, Norris K, Adelman R, Byock I. Contracts, covenants and advance care planning: an empirical study of the moral obligations of patient and proxy. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2005, 29: 55-68. PMID: 15652439, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2004.07.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient self-determinationMoral obligationSelf-determinationAdvance care planningExercise of autonomyPatient-proxy relationshipLife-sustaining therapyObligations of patientsMoral judgmentCare planningNarrow notionsDisease trajectoryPatient instructionsLegal normsPatient-proxy pairsJudgmentPrincipal autonomyAggressive careAutonomyModified Likert scaleQuality of informationPatient educationCovenantersNegative instructionsCovenants