Patient and surrogate disagreement in end-of-life decisions: Can surrogates accurately predict patients' preferences?

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 524-531

  Marks, Melissa A Z ^a   Arkes, Hal R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Substituted judgment; Surrogates

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PAIN; PREDICTION; RESUSCITATION; SUBSTITUTED JUDGMENT; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROXY; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SOCIOENVIRONMENTAL THERAPY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 47249100674     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X08315244     Document Type: Article

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