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Expanding the Paradigm of the Physician's Role in Surrogate Decision-Making: An Empirically Derived Framework

White, Douglas B.; Malvar, Grace; Karr, Jennifer; Lo, Bernard; Curtis, J. Randall (2010-03)

BACKGROUND: Little is known about what role physicians take in the decision-making process about life support in intensive care units. OBJECTIVE: To determine how responsibility is balanced between physicians and surrogates ...

Are Physicians' Recommendations to Limit Life Support Beneficial or Burdensome? Bringing Empirical Data to the Debate

White, Douglas B.; Evans, Leah R.; Bautista, Christopher A.; Luce, John M.; Lo, Bernard (2009-08-15)

Prognostication During Physician-Family Discussions About Limiting Life Support in Intensive Care Units

White, Douglas B.; Engelberg, Ruth A.; Wenrich, Marjorie D.; Lo, Bernard; Curtis, J. Randall (2007-02)

Life Support for Patients Without a Surrogate Decision Maker: Who Decides?

White, Douglas B.; Curtis, J. Randall; Wolf, Leslie E.; Prendergast, Thomas J.; Taichman, Darren B.; Kuniyoshi, Gary; Acerra, Frank; Lo, Bernard; Luce, John M. (2007-07-03)

Background: Physicians in intensive care units have withdrawn life support in incapacitated patients who lack surrogate decision makers and advance directives, yet little is known about how often this occurs or under what ...

Decisions About Life-Sustaining Interventions

Lo, Bernard (2005)

The Wendland Case -- Withdrawing Life Support From Incompetent Patients Who Are Not Terminally Ill

Lo, Bernard; Dornbrand, Laurie; Wolf, Leslie E.; Groman, Michelle (2002-05-09)

Decisions to Limit Life-Sustaining Treatment for Critically Ill Patients Who Lack Both Decision-Making Capacity and Surrogate Decision-Makers

White, Douglas B.; Curtis, J. Randall; Lo, Bernard; Luce, John M. (2006-08)