Doctors' Decisions When Faced With Contradictory Patient Advance Directives and Health Care Proxy Opinion: A Randomized Vignette-Based Study

Escher, Monica; Perrier, Arnaud; Rudaz, Sandrine; Dayer, Pierre; Perneger, Thomas

doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.06.012

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Doctors' Decisions When Faced With Contradictory Patient Advance Directives and Health Care Proxy Opinion: A Randomized Vignette-Based Study

ContributorsEscher, Monica; Perrier, Arnaud; Rudaz, Sandrine; Dayer, Pierre; Perneger, Thomas

Published inJournal of pain and symptom management, vol. 49, no. 3, p. 637-645

Publication date2014

Abstract

Sometimes a written advance directive contradicts the opinion of a health care proxy. How this affects doctors' decision making is unknown.

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Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département d'anesthésiologie, pharmacologie, soins intensifs et urgences

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ESCHER, Monica et al. Doctors” Decisions When Faced With Contradictory Patient Advance Directives and Health Care Proxy Opinion: A Randomized Vignette-Based Study. In: Journal of pain and symptom management, 2014, vol. 49, n° 3, p. 637–645. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.06.012

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PID : unige:46324
DOI : 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.06.012
PMID : 25131892

Journal ISSN0885-3924

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Doctors' Decisions When Faced With Contradictory Patient Advance Directives and Health Care Proxy Opinion: A Randomized Vignette-Based Study

Sometimes a written advance directive contradicts the opinion of a health care proxy. How this affects doctors' decision making is unknown.

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