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Marshall B Kapp

Publications and source records attributed to Marshall B Kapp.

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Legal perceptions and medical decision making.

Medicine and law are more closely intertwined than ever before, particularly regarding issues of life-sustaining treatment for the elderly. The legal system's potential as a positive force in medical decision making has been limited by pervasive misperceptions by physicians of its processes and role. Identifying these myths and misperceptions is a first step toward a more effective partnership of medicine and law on behalf of the dying or demented patient.

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