The Best Interest Standard for Health Care Decision Making: Definition and Defense

American Journal of Bioethics 18 (8):36-38 (2018)
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Bester offers powerful arguments for why the harm principle cannot replace the best interest standard (BIS) as a guide for, and limit on, surrogate healthcare decision making (Bester 2018). Since B...

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10.1080/15265161.2018.1485775

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