title: Deferring consent with incompetent patients in an intensive care unit.
authors.forename: Norman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fost
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Robertson
mesh_terms: D016638:Critical Illness; D017041:Ethics Committees; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research; D005190:Family; D006805:Human Experimentation; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State; D020458:Third-Party Consent