2018 Articles
Terminology for Surrogate Decision-Making Varies Widely by State
Often, health care decisions, particularly those at the end-of-life, are made by surrogate decision-makers. In the US, statutes pertaining to decision-making are state-specific, and a recent study found significant variability in both statutory ordering of surrogates and procedures to establish decision-makers. Consequently, we sought to examine current state-level variability in terminology and accessibility of AD forms.
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- Title
- Journal of Palliative Medicine
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2018.0105
More About This Work
- Academic Units
- Anesthesiology
- Epidemiology
- Published Here
- June 3, 2019
Notes
This is a pre-print of a letter to the editor published in Journal of Palliative Medicine, August 2018.