Chaet Danielle Hahn
A research associate for the American Medical Association Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs in Chicago, Illinois.
AMA J Ethics. 2019 Jul 1;21(7):E600-602. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.600.
The AMA offers guidance on decision making for unrepresented patients in Opinion 5.2, "Advance Directives." This opinion discusses situations in which a surrogate is needed because the patient is unable to make his or her own health care decisions, but none is available.
美国医学协会(AMA)在第5.2号意见《预先医疗指示》中为无代理人患者的决策提供了指导。该意见讨论了由于患者无法自行做出医疗决策且没有代理人而需要代理人的情况。