98 Patient Categories/Hierarchy of Decision-makers

  • Basically healthy
    • 20-40% survival
    • + benefit
  • Advanced/Chronic Illness
    • 5-20% survival
    • +/- benefit
  • Imminent death
    • 0%
    • 0 benefit

Hierarchy of decision-makers:

  1. Capable patient
  2. DPOAHC
  3. Legal guardian
  4. Spouse
  5. Adult children
  6. Parents
  7. Adult sibling(s)
  8. Grand-parents
  9. Other

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