Appoint someone to make medical decisions if you are incapacitated, BMA says
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Use of a patient preference predictor to help make medical decisions for incapacitated patients.
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39174.355891.db