Case Study Using Substitute Decision-Making

The New England Journal of Medicine published recently Substitute Decision Making in End-of-Life Care. The article uses a case study of a hypothetical patient in a very serious condition in ICU who has no advance directive. The case study asks whether to enter a DNR or continue treatment and offers short essays by experts to use as resources in making the decision.  The article then gives the reader a chance to answer DNR or continue treatment and the ability to compare the choice to other readers’.  This is an interesting way to educate on an issue and could be easily adaptable to our elder law classes.