Choice architecture in code status discussions with terminally ill patients and their families

George L Anesi^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 726 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6021, USA.
² Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
³ Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁴ Fostering Improvement in End-of-Life Decision Science (FIELDS) Program, Philadelphia, USA.
⁵ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 726 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6021, USA. scott.halpern@uphs.upenn.edu.
⁶ Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. scott.halpern@uphs.upenn.edu.
⁷ Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. scott.halpern@uphs.upenn.edu.
⁸ Fostering Improvement in End-of-Life Decision Science (FIELDS) Program, Philadelphia, USA. scott.halpern@uphs.upenn.edu.
⁹ Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. scott.halpern@uphs.upenn.edu.

George L Anesi et al. Intensive Care Med. 2016 Jun.

. 2016 Jun;42(6):1065-7.

doi: 10.1007/s00134-016-4294-7. Epub 2016 Mar 7.

George L Anesi^{1

2

3

4}, Scott D Halpern^{5

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7

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9}

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 726 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6021, USA.
² Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
³ Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁴ Fostering Improvement in End-of-Life Decision Science (FIELDS) Program, Philadelphia, USA.
⁵ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 726 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6021, USA. scott.halpern@uphs.upenn.edu.
⁶ Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. scott.halpern@uphs.upenn.edu.
⁷ Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. scott.halpern@uphs.upenn.edu.
⁸ Fostering Improvement in End-of-Life Decision Science (FIELDS) Program, Philadelphia, USA. scott.halpern@uphs.upenn.edu.
⁹ Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. scott.halpern@uphs.upenn.edu.

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