title: Decision making and the incompetent patient: a tale of two committees.
authors: School of Medicine, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks 58202.
authors: E E
authors: EE
authors: Waldron
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology; D007872:Legal Guardians; D008297:Male; D009658:North Dakota; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012112:Residential Facilities / Q000592:standards; D016414:Resuscitation Orders; D028761:Withholding Treatment