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November 18, 2025The Journal of Clinical Ethics

Honoring Chosen Family: Revisiting the Doctor-Proxy Relationship

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PHPatrick D. HerronPHPatrick D. Herron

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Overview

The examination reveals medical decisions impacted by collaborations and intimate relationships, indicating the need for inclusive practices.

Key Points

  • To explore the ethical implications of chosen families in surrogate decision-making.
  • Analysis of historic dynamics in doctor-proxy relationships
  • Examination of focus groups with physicians and patient proxies
  • Review of state guidelines on surrogate hierarchies
  • Identified themes supporting collaborations between patients, physicians, and proxies
  • Best practices from recommendations have been well-established today
  • Current guidelines often favor biological kinship over chosen relationships

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Herron et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6924feebc0ce034ddc3519c0https://doi.org/10.1086/737391
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