An Ethical Façade? Medical Students' Miscomprehensions of Substituted Judgment

Farr A. Curlin; Ryan E. Lawrence; Julie Fredrickson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004374

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An Ethical Façade? Medical Students' Miscomprehensions of Substituted Judgment

Farr A. Curlin ,

* E-mail: fcurlin@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

Affiliations Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Ryan E. Lawrence,

Affiliation Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Julie Fredrickson

Affiliation The Undergraduate College, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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An Ethical Façade? Medical Students' Miscomprehensions of Substituted Judgment

Farr A. Curlin,
Ryan E. Lawrence,
Julie Fredrickson

Published: February 4, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004374

About the Authors

Farr A. Curlin

* E-mail: fcurlin@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

Affiliations Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Ryan E. Lawrence

Affiliation Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Julie Fredrickson

Affiliation The Undergraduate College, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FAC. Analyzed the data: REL JF. Wrote the paper: FAC REL JF.

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