Process and Context: Hidden Factors in Health Care Decisions for the Elderly

See, e.g., Uniform Probate Code §5-311.

Fla. Stat. Ann. ch. 744 (1976).

Fla. Stat. Ann. ch. 415 §105 et seq. (1983).

Id. §415.105(3)(c).

Id. §415.105(3)(d).

Id.

See Alaska Stat. §§13.26.360 et seq. (1984), Cal. Welt. & Inst. Code §§8000 et seq. (1969), Del. Code Ann. ch. 12, §3991-F (1979); Haw. Rev. Stat. §§551-A 1 et seq. (1984); Ill. Ann. Stat. ch. 110½, §§13-1 et seq. (1979); Ind. Ann. Code §29-1-18-9 (1978); Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. ch. 18-A, §§5-601 et seq. (1979); Mo. Ann. Stat. §§473-730 et seq. (1967); Nev. Rev. Stat. §§253-150 et seq. (1977); N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§547-B: 1 et seq. (1983); N.J. Stat. Ann. §§3B: 13-26 et seq. (1982); N.C. Gen. Stat. §§33-47 et seq. (1976); N.D. Cent. Code ch. 11-21 (1982); Or. Rev. stat. §§126.905 et seq. (1973); S.C. Code §§21 23-10 et seq. (1977); Tenn Code Ann. §§30-1:401 et. seq. (1984).

New York Times, Aug. 19, 1984, at 30, col. 3.

Id.

In re Conroy, 486 A. 2d 1209 (N.J. 1985).

See Ark. Stat. Ann. §§58-701 et seq. (1981); Cal. Civ. Code §§2400 et seq. (1984); Idaho Code §§15-5 501 et seq. (1982).

Note, Appointing an Agent to Make Medical Treatment Choices, Columbia Law Review 84: 985 (1984).

42 C.F.R. §§405.473 et seq.

See, e.g., Marsh F.H. , Health Care Cost Containment and the Duty to Treat, Journal of Legal Medicine 6(2): 157 (June 1985)

Anderson G. F. Steinberg E.P. , Hospital Readmissions in the Medicare Population, New England Journal of Medicine 311(21): 1349–53 (November 22, 1984).

Omenn G.S. Conrad D.A. , Implications of DRGs for Clinicians, New England Journal of Medicine 311 (20): 1314 (November 15, 1984).

Ginsberg E. , The Elderly Are At Risk, Inquiry 21:301 (Winter 1984).

Mariner W.H. , Diagnosis Related Groups: Evading Social Responsibility? Law Medicine & Health Care 12(6): 243–44 (December 1984).