What Counts as a Surrogate Decision?

ABSTRACT: When patients lose decision-making capacity, others must make surrogate decisions on their behalf. What counts as a surrogate decision might seem self-evident. But as clinician-researchers in the field of advance care planning, we have found that it is not always so clear-cut. In this paper, we describe how and why this is a matter of concern, a novel approach for assessing whether a surrogate decision occurred, and findings from this assessment.

SUBMITTER: Levi BH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10751970 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature