Helping You Choose a Health Care Proxy
This study helps you name someone to make health decisions for you if you can't. It's for older adults or people with serious conditions, and it aims to make this important choice easier.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 55 or older.
- OR you are 18 or older and have cancer, heart failure, or chronic kidney disease.
- You haven't already named a health care proxy in your medical record.
- You have a primary care provider assigned to you.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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