title: Health care surrogate statutes: ethics pitfalls threaten the interests of incompetent patients.
authors.affiliation: Medical Group Management Association, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Krupp
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives; D016265:Conflict of Interest / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005195:Family Relations / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007878:Legislation as Topic / Q000592:standards; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D026706:Paternalism; D010820:Physicians / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D019727:Proxy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D020458:Third-Party Consent / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States