title: Advance directives and surrogate decision making before death.
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kierzek
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rac
authors.forename: Jean-Louis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pourriat
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D019727:Proxy; D014481:United States