Unbefriended & Unrepresented Patients - Who Decides?

There is a dearth of commentary and analysis of the common challenge of making medical treatment decisions for incapacitated patients with no available surrogate.  



To help fill the void, I have written about this problem here and here.  And I have another new piece still under review.  Last week, I was pleased to see a new post on the topic over at the Scientific American blog.