Journal Title
San Antonio Medicine
Volume
2020
Issue
October
First Page
20
Document Type
Article
Publication Information
2020
Abstract
Conflicts arise when a physician deems life-sustaining interventions futile, but a patient or surrogate presses for treatment to continue. The Texas Advance directives Act uses a procedural approach to resolve these disputes. The Act’s multi-step scheme is nationally recognized, yet the public knows little about how it works. The Texas legislature should fix this by requiring hospitals to report how they use the Act’s dispute resolution mechanism.
Recommended Citation
John J. LoCurto, Through the ICU Darkly: Transparency and the Texas Advance Directives Act, San Antonio Med., Oct. 2020 at 21.