title: When patients do not have a proxy: a procedure for medical decision making when there is no one to speak for the patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. insoo.hyun@case.edu
authors.forename: Insoo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hyun
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Griggins
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: Dorothy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Robbins
authors.forename: Allyson
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Robichaud
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Daly
mesh_terms: D015526:AIDS Dementia Complex; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics*; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D019727:Proxy; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications