Surrogate Decision Making

Surrogate Decision - Making for “ Friendless ” Patients

About The Author: This month’s article was written by Casey Frank, Denver, where he has a civil trial practice—(303) 202-1001, [email protected]. He is a member of the medical ethics committee at University Hospital, a faculty associate at the UC Center for Bioethics and the Humanities, and a member of the CBA Health Law Section Executive Council.The author thanks attorneys Carl Glatstein ...

Risk Preferences in Surrogate Decision Making

There is growing evidence that decisions made on behalf of other people differ from the decisions we make for ourselves because we are less affected by the subjective experience of their outcome. As a result, the decisions we make for other people can be more optimal. This experiment investigated surrogate decision making using a probability discounting task where participants made choices betw...

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