Surrogate Decision Makers Need Better Preparation for Their Role: Advice from Experienced Surrogates.

ABSTRACT: Background: Surrogate decision makers are required to make difficult end-of-life decisions with little preparation. Little is known about what surrogates may need to adequately prepare for their role, and few resources exist to prepare them. Objective: To explore experiences and advice from surrogates about how best to prepare for the surrogate role. Design: Semistructured focus groups. Setting/Participants: Sixty-nine participants were recruited through convenience sampling in San Francisco area hospitals, cancer support groups, and community centers for 13 focus groups. Surrogates were included if they were 18 years of age or older and reported having made medical decisions for others. Measurements: Qualitative themati

SUBMITTER: Bakke BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9360172 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature