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A patient consults with her doctors.

A patient consults with her doctors.

The Public Guardian (PG) is a mechanism of last resort for protecting the interests of the most vulnerable in society-those who cannot care for themselves and have no friend or family willing to care for them. Medical decision-making is one area of protection required for many publicly conserved individuals. These materials were prepared by a conference on end-of-life decision making for patients in the care of public conservators.  

  1. Medical Decision Making for Publicly Conserved Individuals: Policy Recommendations
  2. Cases on End-of-Life Decision Making
    1. Case 1
    2. Case 2
  3. PG-training-trailer(PDF)
  4. Reading List on End-of-Life Decision Making 
Aug 25, 2015
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