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Oregon Weakens Protection for Unrepresented Patients

A small handful of states, including Oregon, authorize an attending physician to make healthcare decisions on behalf of an incapacitated patient when there is no available surrogate. I have criticized this approach as insufficiently protective of the patient's interests. This … Continue reading

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Unbefriended and Unrepresented: Better Medical Decision Making for Incapacitated Patients without Healthcare Surrogates

Join me at UCLA on January 17, 2018 for "Unbefriended and Unrepresented: Better Medical Decision Making for Incapacitated Patients without Healthcare Surrogates." I have collected some resources here. Read more detail on Recent Health Care Law posts –

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