@article{ref1,
title="At a threshold: making decisions when you don't have all the answers",
journal="Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America",
year="2007",
author="Burck, J. Russell and Vena, Marvel and Jolicoeur, Mark and Jolicoeur, Laurie Edge",
volume="18",
number="1",
pages="1-25, v",
abstract="Many people who sustain a brain injury also lose decisional capacity. They need someone who will be a partner with clinicians in making decisions on their behalf. This article reviews ethical aspects of decision making; the legal foundation in the United States for surrogate decision making; the experience of surrogate decision making on behalf of people who have a brain injury, including similarities and differences between such decision making for the dying and for those who have a brain injury; and ways to approach intractable disagreements between surrogate or family and clinicians. It provides guidelines for clinicians and surrogates and suggests topics for research. Two people who have suffered a brain injury and the spouse of one are coauthors.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1047-9651",
doi="10.1016/j.pmr.2006.10.001",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmr.2006.10.001"
}