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How do clinicians prepare family members for the role of surrogate decision-maker?
- Correspondence to Dr Thomas V Cunningham, Department of Bioethics, Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center, 6041 Cadillac Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90034, USA; thomas.v.cunningham{at}kp.org
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How do clinicians prepare family members for the role of surrogate decision-maker?
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- Received July 12, 2016
- Revised April 3, 2017
- Accepted May 16, 2017
- First published July 17, 2017.
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February 20, 2018
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