title: Defending patient autonomy: the case of the challenging spouse.
abstract: A case of a 61-year-old patient with advancing cancer is presented. His care was confounded by his wife challenging the care being delivered. The case report is followed by commentaries on the case from three scholarly perspectives, medicine, philosophy, and law.
authors: New York University School of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA.
authors: Joseph
authors: J
authors: Lowy
authors: Allen
authors: A
authors: Lebovits
authors: Donna
authors: D
authors: Zhukovsky
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D028701:Patient Rights; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology*; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D016312:Treatment Refusal