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Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1723. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.04.116
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When Is the Request of a Surrogate Too Unreasonable to Follow?

Kenneth Prager, MD

Columbia University Medical Center, 161 Fort Washington Ave, New York, NY 10032

(Email: kmp43@aol.com).

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To the Editor:

The dilemma discussed by Dr Sade and colleagues [1] concerning a wife who requested what many physicians would consider premature removal of dialysis from her husband after lung cancer surgery, raises a number of vexing ethical issues.

It might be instructive to analyze this problem from the viewpoint of physicians in New York State who faced such a request. They would be unable to remove life support without either written documentation of the patient's wishes, or the legal designation of a health care agent making such a request, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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