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- Title
Decision-making Laws for "Unrepresented" Patients.
- Authors
Sperry, Beau P.; Doyle, Cavan K.; Kramer, Daniel B.; Dudzinski, David M.; Sulmasy, Daniel P.; Siegler, Mark; Mueller, Paul S.; DeMartino, Erin S.
- Abstract
The article focuses on decision-making laws for unrepresented patients, including choices affecting life-sustaining therapies (LST), is determined by U.S. states. It mentions searches of the Nexis Uni and Fastcase databases to identify statutes detailing out-of-court decision-making processes for incapacitated and unrepresented patients. It also mentions out-of-court process to identify healthcare decision makers for unrepresented patients.
- Subjects
MEDICAL decision making; PATIENT decision making; FASTCASE Inc.; MEDICAL care; CLINICAL indications
- Publication
Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 2020, Vol 17, Issue 11, p1484
- ISSN
2329-6933
- Publication type
letter
- DOI
10.1513/AnnalsATS.202005-492RL