title: Bound by a promise: advance directives and "uninformed consent".
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Diego, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Abdelmalek
authors.forename: Dena E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Rifkin
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D016223:Advance Directives / Q000941:ethics*; D000574:American Medical Association; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics*; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics*; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000941:ethics; D008297:Male; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000209:etiology; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000941:ethics*