title: Possible limits to the surrogate's role: when a patient lacks decisionmaking capacity, is the surrogate's role absolute?
authors.affiliation: Provenance Health Partners, Moraga, California, USA.
authors.forename: Paul B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Hofmann
authors.forename: Susan B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Rubin
authors.forename: Robert V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Brody
authors.forename: Ben A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Rich
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000941:ethics*; D010358:Patient Participation; D012380:Role; D014481:United States