title: Treatment decision making for incapacitated patients: is development and use of a patient preference predictor feasible?
abstract: It has recently been proposed to incorporate the use of a "Patient Preference Predictor" (PPP) into the process of making treatment decisions for incapacitated patients. A PPP would predict which treatment option a given incapacitated patient would most likely prefer, based on the individual's characteristics and information on what treatment preferences are correlated with these characteristics. Including a PPP in the shared decision-making process between clinicians and surrogates has the potential to better realize important ethical goals for making treatment decisions for incapacitated patients. However, developing and implementing a PPP poses significant practical challenges. The present paper discusses these practical challenges and considers ways to address them.
authors.affiliation: *Department of Social Science, Health & Medicine, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK. annette.rid@kcl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rid
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wendler
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives; D000367:Age Factors; D001290:Attitude; D003657:Decision Making; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D016743:Mental Competency; D057240:Patient Preference; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: advance care planning; advance directives; decisional incapacity; surrogates; treatment decision making