A qualitative investigation of selecting surrogate decision-makers
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A qualitative investigation of selecting surrogate decision-makers.
BACKGROUND Empirical studies of surrogate decision-making tend to assume that surrogates should make only a 'substituted judgement'--that is, judge what the patient would want if they were mentally competent. OBJECTIVES To explore what people want in a surrogate decision-maker whom they themselves select and to test the assumption that people want their chosen surrogate to make only a substit...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Ethics
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0306-6800
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2010.037978