Grounds for surrogate decision-making in Japanese clinical practice: a qualitative survey

Abstract Background In the coming years, surrogate decision-making is expected to become highly prevalent in Japanese clinical practice. Further, there has been a recent increase in activities promoting advance care planning, which potentially affects the manner in which judgements are made by surro...

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Main Authors: Masashi Tanaka, Kayoko Ohnishi, Aya Enzo, Taketoshi Okita, Atsushi Asai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:BMC Medical Ethics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-020-00573-4