An Empirical Study of Surrogates' Preferred Level of Control over Value-laden Life Support Decisions in Intensive Care Units

Rationale: Despite ongoing ethical debate concerning who should control decisions to discontinue life support for incapacitated, critically ill patients, the perspectives of surrogate decision makers are poorly understood. Objectives: To determine (1) what degree of decisional authority surrogates p...

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Main Authors: Johnson, Sara K., Bautista, Christopher A., Hong, Seo Yeon, Weissfeld, Lisa, White, Douglas B.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Thoracic Society 2011
Subjects:
C. Critical Care
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3086756/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21037019
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201008-1214OC
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