Personalized decision aid did not help surrogates and clinicians agree on treatment goals for critically ill patients

(American College of Physicians) A personalized web-based decision aid did not help surrogate decision makers and clinicians agree on treatment goals for patients on life support for longer than average. Nearly all surrogates chose a more aggressive treatment goal than was suggested by the decision aid, despite the aid being based on the surrogate's report of patient values. Results from a multi-center randomized clinical trial are published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

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