End-of-life discussions for the primary care obstetrician/gynecologist.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
This review of end-of-life decisions centers on the role of the obstetrician/gynecologist in assisting women patients to develop advanced directives that are targeted to unique risks of the pregnant woman; these risks are related to trauma, cancer, and aging; to the special need for lesbian couples to identify health proxies; and to the woman's responsibilities as a caregiver to ensure advance directives and medical proxies for the family. End-of-life decisions are much more stressful when surrogate decision makers do not know in advance what decisions a patient would want made if the patient becomes incapacitated.
Medical subject headings
- Advance Directives
- Gynecology
- Obstetrics
- Physician-Patient Relations