Medical Professionals' Treatment Decisions for Critical Patients With Ambiguous Treatment Wishes: A Cross‐Sectional Study
Family preferences take precedence over patient preferences when deciding on end-of-life treatments for ICU patients. Shared decision-making should be promoted to correctly share patients' end-of-life medical wishes with surrogate decision-makers and medical practitioners.
Authors
- Kanako Yamamoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5809-9996)
Institutions
- St. Luke's International University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Science Reports
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.70564
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science