The American journal of hospice & palliative care
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Am J Hosp Palliat Care · Nov 2002
Communicating with surrogate decision-makers in end-of-life situations: substitutive descriptive language for the healthcare provider.
This article discusses the manner and actual wording used by healthcare providers in communicating difficult information as it relates to end-of-life discussions. Several examples are given and substitutive language is suggested for more effectively obtaining informed consent from surrogate decision-makers, who are often responsible for determining the course of care for the terminally ill.