title: How should treatment decisions be made for incapacitated patients, and why?
authors: National Institutes of Health Department of Clinical Bioethics, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America.
authors: David I
authors: DI
authors: Shalowitz
authors: Elizabeth
authors: E
authors: Garrett-Mayer
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Wendler
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives; D003657:Decision Making; D003710:Demography; D006801:Humans; D016743:Mental Competency; D020458:Third-Party Consent; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States