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ArticleThe American journal of hospice & palliative care2024

What Counts as a Surrogate Decision?

Benjamin H Levi, Anne Ef Dimmock, Lauren J Van Scoy, Theresa Smith, Bronson Kunzler, Andrew J Foy, Laurie Badzek, Michael J Green

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Article in The American journal of hospice & palliative care, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Benjamin H LeviDepartment of Humanities, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2380-7109
Anne Ef DimmockDepartment of Humanities, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
Lauren J Van ScoyDepartment of Humanities, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0984-1474
Theresa SmithDepartment of Humanities, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
Bronson KunzlerDepartment of Humanities, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6264-4600
Andrew J FoyDepartment of Humanities, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
Laurie BadzekNursing Sciences Building University Park, Penn State College of Nursing, Hershey, PA, USA.
Michael J GreenDepartment of Humanities, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4828-4749
Pennsylvania State University · US

Funding

Preparing Family Caregivers of Very Ill Patients for End-of-Life Decision MakingR01NR012757 · NINR · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI GREEN, MICHAEL J., LEVI, BENJAMIN H. · 2012 to 2019
$4.0M
NINR NIH HHS R01 NR012757
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

When patients lose decision-making capacity, others must make surrogate decisions on their behalf. What counts as a surrogate decision might seem self-evident. But as clinician-researchers in the field of advance care planning, we have found that it is not always so clear-cut. In this paper, we describe how and why this is a matter of concern, a novel approach for assessing whether a surrogate decision occurred, and findings from this assessment.

Indexed as

Advance Care PlanningDecision MakingHumansPatientsProxyadvance care planningend of lifemedical decision makingproxyspokespersonsurrogate decision

Identifiers

PMID36997165
PMCPMC10751970
OpenAlexW4361244932

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