title: What should be done when a proxy is reluctant to carry out the wishes of an incompetent patient?
authors.affiliation: Legal Services, Society for the Right to Die, New York.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Gasner
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Finley
mesh_terms: D024362:Advance Directive Adherence; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003142:Communication; D003657:Decision Making; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D016224:Living Wills; D035501:Uncertainty