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Surrogate Decision Making

http://media.soundmedicine.org/segments/051814_7.mp3

A new studypublished in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that half the elderly adults in their study had surrogates making medical decisions on their behalf. Alexia Torke, M.D., lead author of the study, discusses what it means to be a surrogate decision-maker.