title: New York enacts surrogate decision-making legislation for incapacitated patients.
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Collier
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009518:New York; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D019727:Proxy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D020458:Third-Party Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence