The right of elderly patients to refuse life-sustaining treatment.
D000328:Adult; D016223:Advance Directives; D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D002835:Christianity; D002961:Civil Rights; D003657:Decision Making; D003704:Dementia; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive; D005260:Female; D005610:Freedom; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D033221:Jehovah's Witnesses; D033222:Judicial Role; D007603:Jurisprudence; D007872:Legal Guardians; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016224:Living Wills; D008297:Male; D016743:Mental Competency; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010349:Patient Compliance; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010820:Physicians; D018907:Privacy; D011379:Prognosis; D011788:Quality of Life; D012015:Reference Standards; D016414:Resuscitation Orders; D012297:Right to Die / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012941:Social Responsibility; D012945:Social Values; D013219:State Government; D019452:Terminally Ill; D020458:Third-Party Consent; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment
Death and Euthanasia; Legal Approach; Model Health-Care Consent Act; Professional Patient Relationship; Right to Refuse Treatment Act; Uniform Rights of the Terminally Ill Act