title: The Nexum: a modest proposal for self-guardianship by contract: a system of advance directives and surrogate committees-at-large for the intermittently mentally ill.
authors.affiliation: Law and Psychiatry Center, George Mason University School of Law, USA.
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Stavis
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D032982:Contracts; D003688:Deinstitutionalization / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D007872:Legal Guardians / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000266:history; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States