title: [Problems of surrogate decision-making. 1st part--absence of mandatory directive for treatment].
abstract: Recently, due to the progress of modern medicine, physicians get into situation when the patient is unable to decide about his treatment, but the decision has to be done and moreover with all respect to fundamental principles of medical ethics. There are two principal questions: "How to make the decision?" and "Who should make the decision". The answer is more complicated and in this article I am trying to show some possible approaches.
authors.affiliation: Ustav pro humanitní studia v lékarství 1. LF UK, Praha. kawalec@seznam.cz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kawalec
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives; D018153:Czech Republic; D003657:Decision Making; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D006801:Humans; D016743:Mental Competency; D005791:Patient Care; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D028761:Withholding Treatment