On the Likelihood of Surrogates Conforming to the Substituted Judgment Standard When Making End-of-Life Decisions for Their Partner.

Med Decis Making · 2019 · PMC6794635 · PMID 31354033

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fell short of significanceP = 0.052so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Hypothesis 3c The self-partner difference was not correlated with age ( r s = .046, P = 0.576) or discussions ( r s = −.024, P = 0.769), but the correlation with knowledge fell short of significance ( r s = −.157, P = 0.052).

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Surrogates try to adopt the perspective that matches the required benchmark when making end-of-life decisions, given that they are highly significant decisions for which they could be held accountable.

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