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 …

Challenging a Surrogate Decision-Maker: A Case of an Incapacitated Patient Following Self-Enucleation
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Background: Without advanced preparation of legal documents, state law determines who
may serve as a surrogate decision maker for patients in hospitals. Objectives: To examine …

When public health laws are passed that affect clinical practice within hospitals, it is
important to educate physicians about best practices in implementing these laws into routine …

Abstract The number of African American adults 65 years and older with end-stage kidney
disease receiving maintenance hemodialysis is increasing. The high symptom burden (ie …

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 …

WHEN the United States Supreme Court issued its landmark" right to die" decision in Cruzan
v. Director, Missouri Department of Health'thirty years ago, the dissenting Justices and many …

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

현행 연명의료결정법은 환자의 의사를 가장 우선하되 그 의사를 알 수 없는 경우에는 환자의
가족을 통해 환자의 의사를 추정하고, 추정이 불가능한 경우 가족이 연명의료결정을 …

Incapacitation can occur unexpectedly at any time to an individual, leaving them unable to
make their own medical decisions or even the decision to withdraw life-sustaining treatment …