Tragic choices: Is it better for doctors or patient families to decide?

Monday, April 20, 2009 - 14:49 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."

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