Tragic choices: Is it better for doctors or patient families to decide?
Monday, April 20, 2009 - 14:56
in Health & Medicine
In the medical realm, people sometimes need to make very difficult choices, such as deciding to end life-support for a terminally ill patient. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research delves into the question of whether it is preferable for patients' families or doctors to make those "tragic choices."