@article{oai:jcsw.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000067,
 author = {Lohmann, Ulrich},
 journal = {Journal of social policy and social work},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {Nowadays after longterm developments, information of the patient and his given consent are legal and medico-ethical principal conditions for any medical treatment. If the patient is not able to give his consent, a legal guardian, a former empowered attorney, written advance directives of the patient or his supposed will can substitute for the consent. As these surrogates have different advantages and disadvantages, they have to be balanced. The paper discusses the long-standing ethical and legal discussions and describes the situation after the adoption of a law on patients' arrangement by the German Bundestag.},
 pages = {17--33},
 title = {Patient Autonomy despite Inability to Give Consent -- Legal Alternatives in Germany},
 volume = {14},
 year = {2010}
}