title: Who Decides When a Patient Can't? Statutes on Alternate Decision Makers.
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (E.S.D.), the Biomedical Ethics Research Program (E.S.D., B.P.S., P.S.M.), and the Division of General Internal Medicine (P.S.M.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago (E.S.D., C.K.D., M.S.), the Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy, Loyola University Chicago School of Law (S.E.G.), and the Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center (M.S.) - all in Chicago; the Departments of Medicine and Philosophy, Georgetown University, Washington, DC (D.P.S.); and the Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital (D.M.D.), Harvard Medical School (D.M.D., D.B.K.), and the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (D.B.K.) - all in Boston.
authors.forename: Erin S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: DeMartino
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (E.S.D.), the Biomedical Ethics Research Program (E.S.D., B.P.S., P.S.M.), and the Division of General Internal Medicine (P.S.M.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago (E.S.D., C.K.D., M.S.), the Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy, Loyola University Chicago School of Law (S.E.G.), and the Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center (M.S.) - all in Chicago; the Departments of Medicine and Philosophy, Georgetown University, Washington, DC (D.P.S.); and the Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital (D.M.D.), Harvard Medical School (D.M.D., D.B.K.), and the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (D.B.K.) - all in Boston.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Dudzinski
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (E.S.D.), the Biomedical Ethics Research Program (E.S.D., B.P.S., P.S.M.), and the Division of General Internal Medicine (P.S.M.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago (E.S.D., C.K.D., M.S.), the Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy, Loyola University Chicago School of Law (S.E.G.), and the Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center (M.S.) - all in Chicago; the Departments of Medicine and Philosophy, Georgetown University, Washington, DC (D.P.S.); and the Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital (D.M.D.), Harvard Medical School (D.M.D., D.B.K.), and the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (D.B.K.) - all in Boston.
authors.forename: Cavan K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Doyle
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (E.S.D.), the Biomedical Ethics Research Program (E.S.D., B.P.S., P.S.M.), and the Division of General Internal Medicine (P.S.M.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago (E.S.D., C.K.D., M.S.), the Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy, Loyola University Chicago School of Law (S.E.G.), and the Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center (M.S.) - all in Chicago; the Departments of Medicine and Philosophy, Georgetown University, Washington, DC (D.P.S.); and the Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital (D.M.D.), Harvard Medical School (D.M.D., D.B.K.), and the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (D.B.K.) - all in Boston.
authors.forename: Beau P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Sperry
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (E.S.D.), the Biomedical Ethics Research Program (E.S.D., B.P.S., P.S.M.), and the Division of General Internal Medicine (P.S.M.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago (E.S.D., C.K.D., M.S.), the Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy, Loyola University Chicago School of Law (S.E.G.), and the Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center (M.S.) - all in Chicago; the Departments of Medicine and Philosophy, Georgetown University, Washington, DC (D.P.S.); and the Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital (D.M.D.), Harvard Medical School (D.M.D., D.B.K.), and the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (D.B.K.) - all in Boston.
authors.forename: Sarah E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Gregory
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (E.S.D.), the Biomedical Ethics Research Program (E.S.D., B.P.S., P.S.M.), and the Division of General Internal Medicine (P.S.M.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago (E.S.D., C.K.D., M.S.), the Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy, Loyola University Chicago School of Law (S.E.G.), and the Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center (M.S.) - all in Chicago; the Departments of Medicine and Philosophy, Georgetown University, Washington, DC (D.P.S.); and the Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital (D.M.D.), Harvard Medical School (D.M.D., D.B.K.), and the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (D.B.K.) - all in Boston.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siegler
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (E.S.D.), the Biomedical Ethics Research Program (E.S.D., B.P.S., P.S.M.), and the Division of General Internal Medicine (P.S.M.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago (E.S.D., C.K.D., M.S.), the Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy, Loyola University Chicago School of Law (S.E.G.), and the Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center (M.S.) - all in Chicago; the Departments of Medicine and Philosophy, Georgetown University, Washington, DC (D.P.S.); and the Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital (D.M.D.), Harvard Medical School (D.M.D., D.B.K.), and the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (D.B.K.) - all in Boston.
authors.forename: Daniel P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Sulmasy
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (E.S.D.), the Biomedical Ethics Research Program (E.S.D., B.P.S., P.S.M.), and the Division of General Internal Medicine (P.S.M.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago (E.S.D., C.K.D., M.S.), the Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy, Loyola University Chicago School of Law (S.E.G.), and the Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center (M.S.) - all in Chicago; the Departments of Medicine and Philosophy, Georgetown University, Washington, DC (D.P.S.); and the Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital (D.M.D.), Harvard Medical School (D.M.D., D.B.K.), and the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (D.B.K.) - all in Boston.
authors.forename: Paul S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Mueller
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (E.S.D.), the Biomedical Ethics Research Program (E.S.D., B.P.S., P.S.M.), and the Division of General Internal Medicine (P.S.M.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago (E.S.D., C.K.D., M.S.), the Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy, Loyola University Chicago School of Law (S.E.G.), and the Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center (M.S.) - all in Chicago; the Departments of Medicine and Philosophy, Georgetown University, Washington, DC (D.P.S.); and the Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital (D.M.D.), Harvard Medical School (D.M.D., D.B.K.), and the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (D.B.K.) - all in Boston.
authors.forename: Daniel B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Kramer
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics; D006801:Humans; D016743:Mental Competency; D013219:State Government; D020458:Third-Party Consent / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States