title: Ethical approach to surrogate consent for hemicraniectomy in older patients with extensive middle cerebral artery stroke.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Neurology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH. timothy.g.lukovits@hitchcock.org.
authors.forename: Timothy G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Lukovits
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Neurology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH.
authors.forename: James L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bernat
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D056424:Decompressive Craniectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D020521:Stroke / Q000503:physiopathology*
keywords: decision support techniques; ethics; neurosurgery