2024
Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Caring for Patients Under Guardianships
Bhowmik D, Hurme S, Sandhu J, Jeon J, Mujahid S, Pelissier L, Widera E, Cohen A, Kohn N, Galvez M, Alkire V, Teaster P, Rosa W, Pan C. Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Caring for Patients Under Guardianships. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2024 PMID: 39291357, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2024.0318.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsPalliative care cliniciansCare cliniciansCoordination of careMedical decision-making processEnd-of-lifeDecision-making processLegal issuesLegal rightsMedical decision-makingPatients' rightsCare deliveryExpertise of physiciansGuardianshipInterprofessional approachProviding careGuardian responsibilitiesCareGuardiansRightsCliniciansAdult patientsDecision-makingCourtLawyersNurses
2015
Guardianship and End-of-Life Decision Making
Cohen AB, Wright MS, Cooney L, Fried T. Guardianship and End-of-Life Decision Making. JAMA Internal Medicine 2015, 175: 1687-1691. PMID: 26258634, PMCID: PMC4683611, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.3956.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLegal casesProfessional guardiansLife decisionsRecent legal casesImpaired decision-making capacityDecision-making capacityLife-sustaining treatmentJudicial reviewGuardian's authoritySurrogate decision makersVulnerable personsComprehensive standardsGuardiansAuthoritiesStatutesBroader frameworkPreexisting relationshipDecisionsLife treatmentMedical decisionsSuch situationsCourtGuardianshipLawRights