Who Will Decide For You?

A practical follow-up from the recent Biotech Century: Facing Our Future event is now posted on CAP’s Arizona Citizen web-site. In a concise and useful document Peter Gentala summarizes the conference discussion on the necessity of preparation in the event that one is not able to make their own medical decisions. As a physician who frequently cares for patients in these difficult situations it cannot be stressed enough that a patient's interests are best served when an advocate who shares the patient's values, knows their wishes, and will reliably act upon those wishes is clearly identified.