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Computer predicts wishes of incapacitated patients better than family or loved ones
03-12-2007 · EurekAlert!When a person fails to complete an advance directive and becomes incapacitated by illness or injury, doctors typically ask the patient's loved one to predict what treatment the patient would have wanted. But a paper in PLoS Medicine reports that a computer-based decision tool can predict a patient's treatment wishes better than a loved one.
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