Modernizing Surrogate Decision-Making to Reflect the Complexity of Cancer Care
This Viewpoint promotes surrogate decision-making based on patient process preferences that allows surrogate decision-makers and clinicians to make decisions in a manner that is adaptable to evolving cancer therapies and respects the values of patients.
Authors
- Deepa Rangachari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9710-6757)
- Eric Blackstone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1780-514X)
- David N. Sontag
- Gregory A. Abel
Institutions
- Harvard University (US)
- Lahey Medical Center (US)
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Oncology
- Published
- 2026-09-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoncol.2026.3319
- Primary Topic
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00