Table 1.

Physician communication behavior experimental conditions during the ascertainment of code status

Default: CPR	Default: no CPR
Doctor: People have different thoughts on this, but in my experience, most people want CPR	Doctor: People have different thoughts on this, but in my experience, most people don’t want CPR.
Frame: surrogate’s decision	Frame: patient’s decision
Doctor: Do you want us to do CPR on your [relation]?	Doctor: If your [relation] were sitting right here with us, what would [s/he] tell you [s/he] wanted? Would [s/he] want us to do CPR?
Frame: DNR	Frame: AND
Doctor: Or [would s/he / do you] want a do-not-resuscitate order?	Doctor: Or [would s/he / do you] want us to allow a natural death?

CPR- cardiopulmonary resuscitation; DNR - do not resuscitate; AND - allow natural death