Beyond substituted judgment: How surrogates navigate end-of-life decision-making

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1688-1693

  Vig, Elizabeth K ^a,c   Taylor, Janelle S ^b   Starks, Helene ^b   Hopley, Elizabeth K ^a   Fryer Edwards, Kelly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Qualitative research; Substituted judgment; Surrogate decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VETERAN;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 33750507257     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00911.x     Document Type: Article

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