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ReviewEuropean geriatric medicine2018

Who gets to decide for the older patient with a limited decision-making capacity: a review of surrogacy laws in the European Union.

Loredana Tibullo, Antonio M Esquinas, Maria Vargas, Andrea Fabbo, Filomena Micillo, Anna Parisi, Nicola Vargas

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Review in European geriatric medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors.

Loredana TibulloSpecialized Medicine Department, 3rd Medicine Ward, "A. Cardarelli" High Survey Hospital, Naples, Italy. Loredana.tibullo@libero.it.
Antonio M EsquinasIntensive Care Unit, Hospital Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain.
Maria VargasDepartment of Neuroscience and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy.
Andrea FabboCognitive Disorders and Dementia Unit, Local Agency for Health, Modena, Italy.
Filomena MicilloMedicine Department, Geriatric and Intensive Geriatric Care, Hospital "San Giuseppe Moscati", Avellino, Italy.
Anna ParisiSpecialized Medicine Department, 3rd Medicine Ward, "A. Cardarelli" High Survey Hospital, Naples, Italy.
Nicola VargasMedicine Department, Geriatric and Intensive Geriatric Care, Hospital "San Giuseppe Moscati", Avellino, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Family members of older incompetent patients are increasingly playing an essential role in the decision-making process relating to medical treatment. Furthermore, rights of patients and carers and the extent of their legal involvement vary widely across the European Union. Starting with an illustrative case within the Italian legal framework, this review focuses on statutory laws in the European Union to analyse the role and the rights of surrogates on behalf of older incompetent patients. The authors have identified two main essential areas of surrogate's law in Europe, in the absence of the advance directives: the role of family members automatically accepted as surrogates by law and a legal representative appointed by a court.

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CompetenceDecision making-capacityEuropean UnionInformed consentOlder patientsSurrogates

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PMID34674481

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