• Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2013

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    Surrogate expectations in severe brain injury.

    • Alexandra Suppes and Joseph J Fins.
    • Division of Medical Ethics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA. acs2008@columbia.edu.
    • Brain Inj. 2013 Jan 1;27(10):1141-7.

    ObjectiveTo understand what influences surrogate decision-makers' expectation that a patient with a disorder of consciousness (DOC; those in a coma, the vegetative state or the minimally conscious state) will recover.SubjectsForty-one surrogates representing 37 DOC patients completed a survey about their experiences in having a family member with a DOC.MethodsA quantitative questionnaire assessed surrogate and patient's demographic, medical and psychosocial features that may explain surrogate's expectation of patient recovery.ResultsSurrogates who were more relationally enmeshed with the patient thought the patient could communicate better and thought technology would improve treatment of patients with brain injury had greater expectations of recovery. Source of injury and patient's current diagnosis did not explain expectations.ConclusionRelational factors between the patient and the surrogate may explain the surrogate's expectation that the patient will recover more than factors that matter to clinicians such as the source of injury or the patient's diagnosis.

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