DOI: 10.1097/01.NT.0000363231.12576.57
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Issn Print: 1533-7006
Publication Date: 2009/10/15
How to Handle End-of-Life Care Decisions with Families of Demented Patients
Excerpt
Neurology Today's newest column, Ask the Neuroethicist launches this month with advice from James L. Bernat, MD, former chair of the AAN Ethics, Law, and Humanities Committee, on how to handle end-of-life care decisions with families of chronically ill demented patients. Are you looking for advice or direction in handling a tough ethical quandary or challenge in your neurology practice? Dr. Bernat and others with expertise in neuroethics are available to answer your questions. Submit your questions and ideas for topics to neurotoday@LWWNY.com.