title: Life-sustaining treatment and the law: the evolution of informed consent, advance directives and surrogate decision making.
authors.affiliation: Monahan & Cohen, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Monahan
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Lawhorn
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007872:Legal Guardians; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D019727:Proxy; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*