Surrogate decision making of chemotherapy consent: do we really provide informed consent of chemotherapy for patients?
Conclusions: This study suggests the lack of patients' own decision making for chemotherapy in some situations. This ethical dilemma must be considered for adequately informed decision making for chemotherapy while ensuring the patients' autonomy is maintained.
PMID: 29843493 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Kwon JH, Baek SK, Kim BS, Koh SJ, Ahn HK, Lim JH, Lim C, Kim DY Tags: Korean J Intern Med Source Type: research
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