Physician-facilitated designation of proxy decision-makers: family physician perceptions
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Physician-facilitated designation of proxy decision-makers: family physician perceptions.
BACKGROUND Among the challenges encountered during the care of patients at the end-of-life (EOL), eliciting preferences of patients with whom there is no ability to communicate is common and stressful for all those concerned and charged with patient care. Legal facilities available include patient delegation of proxy decision-makers (PDM) prior to communication incapacity. We sought to estimate...
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عنوان ژورنال: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2045-4015
DOI: 10.1186/s13584-016-0059-6