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Keep this study
Lead
University of Pittsburgh
With
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Screening/Re-contact (1st phase)
Eligible patients will:
* lack decision-making capacity
* have a surrogate decision maker (family member or friend)
Eligible surrogates will:
be 18 years of age or older
self-identify as having primary decision-making authority for the patient
live within approximately 50miles or less of the University of Pittsburgh
be able to conduct a 1hr interview in English
* Court-appointed power of attorney will be excluded, as they are not expected to experience the same emotional distress as a family member or friend of a critically ill patient.
For Assignment to Intervention/Control (2nd phase)
Eligible surrogates will:
* have previously given consent for study staff to follow their loved one's course in the hospital and to be re-contacted
* have participated in decision making about limitation of life-sustaining treatments (LST) for their loved one (ICU patient)
* have had their loved one (ICU patient) die in the hospital
You may not be if
Screening/Re-contact
Ineligible patients will:
* be less than 18 years old
* prisoners
* be of other legal concern, such as malpractice
Ineligible surrogates will:
* be less than 18 years old
* be unable to complete a 1-hour interview and questionnaires in English
For Assignment to Intervention/Control
Ineligible patients will:
have fully and permanently regained decision-making capacity and therefore no longer require a surrogate to make treatment decisions
