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On the Likelihood of Surrogates Conforming to the Substituted Judgment Standard When Making End-of-Life Decisions for Their Partner

A considerable proportion of end-of-life decisions are made by the patient’s next-of-kin, who can be asked to follow the substituted judgment standard and decide based on the patient’s wishes. The question of whether these surrogate decision makers are actually able to do so has become an important...

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Autores principales: Batteux, Eleonore, Ferguson, Eamonn, Tunney, Richard J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6794635/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31354033
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0272989X19862800