The Journal of Medicine & Philosophy 39(2) has a great new symposium addressing one potential new tool to improve surrogate decision making.

• Annette Rid - Will a Patient Preference Predictor Improve Treatment Decision Making for Incapacitated Patients?


• Annette Rid and David Wendler - Use of a Patient Preference Predictor to Help Make Medical Decisions for Incapacitated Patients


• Annette Rid and David Wendler - Treatment Decision Making for Incapacitated Patients: Is Development and Use of a Patient Preference Predictor Feasible?


• Dan W. Brock - Reflections on the Patient Preference Predictor Proposal


• Hilde Lindemann and James Lindemann Nelson - The Surrogate’s Authority


• Stephen John - Patient Preference Predictors, Apt Categorization, and Respect for Autonomy


• Rebecca Dresser - Law, Ethics, and the Patient Preference Predictor


• Scott Y. H. Kim - Improving Medical Decisions for Incapacitated Persons: Does Focusing on “Accurate Predictions” Lead to an Inaccurate Picture?


• Peter H. Ditto and Cory J. Clark - Predicting End-of-Life Treatment Preferences: Perils and Practicalities