title: The patient who mistook her surgeon for JFK.
authors.affiliation: Kristopher T. Starr is an Attorney at Law, Ferry, Joseph & Pearce, P.A., Wilmington, Del.; Nurse Manager, Wilmington Hospital Emergency Department, Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, Del.; and a member of the Nursing2014 editorial board.
authors.forename: Kristopher T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Starr
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives; D000368:Aged; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007872:Legal Guardians; D016365:Liability, Legal; D016743:Mental Competency; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009737:Nursing Records; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations; D014481:United States