Background and Rationale: ICU clinicians regularly care for patients who lack capacity, an
applicable advance directive, and an available surrogate decision-maker. Although there is …

Pediatric organ transplantation remains a life-saving therapy, with donated organs being
absolutely scarce resources. Efforts to both increase pediatric organ donation authorization …

Willingness for end-of-life discussion and related factors among rural Blacks/African
Americans of the Alabama Black Belt have not been well-studied. This study aims to assess …

Nominating primary confidants (ie, safety plan nominees) is central to safety planning for
suicide but there is a dearth of research about such confidants—a serious oversight given …

Objective: When a patient cannot make medical decisions for him or herself, and has not
appointed a healthcare representative, default state healthcare consent laws determine who …

Introduction During the care of incapacitated patients, physicians, and medical residents
discuss treatment options and gain consent to treat through healthcare surrogates. The …

This dissertation offers a novel approach to support nurses when they face conflict between
clinicians and families or alternate decision-makers over potentially inappropriate end-of-life …