Helping Surrogate Decision-Makers Through Difficult Conversations

Nico Nortjé

doi:10.7202/1058280ar

Helping Surrogate Decision-Makers Through Difficult Conversations

Nico Nortjé Department of Critical Care, Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7202/1058280ar

Keywords: surrogate decision-maker, ICU, end-of-life decisions, narrator

Abstract

Difficult conversations in the ICU are often seen as ones of getting a surrogate decision-maker to make an end-of-life decision. However, allowing the surrogate decision-maker to become a narrator can alleviate the daunting task lying ahead.

Published

2018-11-06

How to Cite

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Nortjé N. Helping Surrogate Decision-Makers Through Difficult Conversations. Can. J. Bioeth. 2018;1:89-90. https://doi.org/10.7202/1058280ar.

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Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2018): Open Issue

Section

Case studies

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