title: [Legal framework of the health care surrogate: the patients' point of view].
abstract: A study carried out in two hospitals in the Paris region shows that the patients surveyed find the health care surrogate system interesting but also that there is widespread lack of awareness of the subject. The system appears to correspond to patients' expectations with the majority of patients nominating a family member.
authors.affiliation: Unité de court séjour gériatrique, hôpitaux universitaires Paris Ile-de-France Ouest, AP-HP, Boulogne-Billancourt, France. amoustapha@free.fr
authors.forename: Mostafa Ait
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Tadrart
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moulias
authors.forename: Tristan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cudennec
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Teillet
mesh_terms: D005190:Family; D005602:France; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D019727:Proxy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires