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Title
Life support for patients without a surrogate decision maker: who decides?
Authors
White, Douglas B; Curtis, J Randall; Wolf, Leslie E; Prendergast, Thomas J; Taichman, Darren B; Kuniyoshi, Gary; Acerra, Frank; Lo, Bernard; Luce, John M
Abstract
Physicians in intensive care units have withdrawn life support in incapacitated patients who lack surrogate decision makers and advance directives, yet little is known about how often this occurs or under what circumstances.
Publication
Annals of internal medicine, 2007, Vol 147, Issue 1, p34