Do we know what we mean? An examination of the use of the phrase ‘goals of care’ in the literature
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July 8, 2019Who makes decisions for incapacitated patients who have no surrogate or advance directive?
https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/who-makes-decisions-incapacitated-patients-who-have-no-surrogate-or-advance-directive/2019-07Unrepresented patients are those who have no surrogate or advance directive to guide medical decision making for them when they become incapacitated. While there is no perfect solution to the problem of making medical decisions for such vulnerable patients, 3 different approaches are noted in the literature: a physician approach, an ethics committee approach, and a guardianship approach.