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Surrogates Often Unaware of Patients' Wishes in Critical Care

Surrogates Often Unaware of Patients' Wishes in Critical Care

Huddle+ | Inefficiency Insights

Jared Dashevsky, MD
January 18, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 1 minute

Problem One-liner

Surrogate decision makers frequently lack knowledge of incapacitated patients' preferences for end-of-life care, leading to potential misalignments between administered medical treatments and the patients' actual wishes.

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