Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5881326 | Journal of Pain and Symptom Management | 2015 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Physician recommendations have historically been a part of shared decision making. Recent literature has challenged the idea that physician recommendations should be part of shared decision making at the end of life, particularly the making of recommendations to surrogates of incapacitated patients. Close examination of the studies and the available data on surrogate preferences for decisional authority at the end of life, however, provide an empirical foundation for a style of shared decision making that includes a physician recommendation. Moreover, there are independent ethical reasons for arguing that physician recommendations enhance rather than detract from shared decision making.
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Authors
Micah T. MD, Daniel P. MD, PhD,