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Family and physicians' views of surrogate decision-making: the roles and how to choose
Author(s)	Michel Silberfeld, Rivka Grundstein-Amado, Derek Stephens
Journal title	International Psychogeriatrics, vol 8, no 4, Winter 1996
Pages	pp 589-595
Keywords	Dementia ; Schizophrenia ; Medical care ; Family care ; Doctors ; Canada.
Annotation	Physicians and family members were compared in their roles played in surrogate decision-making and their views as how choices should be made by surrogate decision-makers, in this Canadian study. Thirty-six family members of patients with Alzheimer's disease, 35 family members of patients with schizophrenia, and 34 physicians from a diversity of specialties were the respondents. There was a general agreement that shared decision-making was preferred. Physicians seemed to make surrogate decisions in accordance with contemporary views about their roles. Families believed that they had a strong subjective appreciation of the patient's overall good. The burden of decision-making was greater for families, but that depended to some degree on the diagnosis of the patient. (AKM).
Accession Number	CPA-980303281 A
Classmark	EA: ELK: LK: P6:SJ: QT2: 7S
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