Nontraditional Surrogate Decision Makers for Hospitalized Older Adults

Amber R. Comer,James E. Slaven,Annie Montz,Emily Burke,Lev Inger,Alexia M. Torke

Nontraditional Surrogate Decision Makers for Hospitalized Older Adults

2018

Amber R. Comer
James E. Slaven
Annie Montz
Emily Burke
Lev Inger
Alexia M. Torke

Background Without advanced preparation of legal documents, state law determines who may serve as a surrogate decision maker for patients in hospitals.

Keywords:

Family medicine
Emergency medicine
Informed consent
Medical ethics
Medicine
Statute
Research design
Observational study
Health care
Surrogate decision-maker
First-degree relatives

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