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17Biologically-related or emotionally-connected: who would be the better surrogate decision-maker?Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 18 (1): 147-148. 2015.As an incapacitated patient is unable to make decisions regarding their care, physicians turn to next-of-kin when appointing a surrogate decision-maker in the absence of an advanced directive. With the increasing complexity of modern families, physicians are facing new ethical dilemmas when choosing the individual to make end-of-life decisions for their patients. Legal definitions and hierarchies are no longer adhering to the purpose of a surrogate-decision maker, which is to maintain a patient’…Read more
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Realism, Causality and the Problem of Social StructureJournal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 30 (3): 249-268. 2001.
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University of St. AndrewsGraduate student
St Andrews, FIfe, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland