News tagged with surrogate decision
Surrogate decision makers wish to retain authority in difficult decision
The decision to stop life-support for incapacitated and critically ill patients is, for surrogate decision makers, often fraught with moral and ethical uncertainty, and long-term emotional consequences. But as difficult as ...
Oct 29, 2010 |
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Numerous factors weighed when patients cannot make their own decisions
Living wills and surrogate decision makers account for only a portion of the many factors weighed by physicians when making medical decisions for hospitalized patients lacking the capability to make their ...
Mar 22, 2010 |
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How do doctors really feel about surrogate decision making?
A growing number of hospitalized adults are incapable of making their own health decisions, but little research has explored how doctors feel about making medical decisions with a patient's surrogate decision ...
Sep 08, 2009 |
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