Table 1.

Eligibility criteria

Patient
Inclusion criteria	Age ≥21 years Lack of decision-making capacity as determined by the clinical examination of the attending physician At least one of the following: ≥96 hours of mechanical ventilation. ≥40% chance of hospital mortality as judged by the patient’s attending physician. ≥40% chance of severe long-term functional impairment as judged by the patient’s attending physician.
Exclusion criteria	Lack of surrogate decisions maker Imminent organ transplantation
Surrogate
Inclusion criteria	Clinical surrogate decision-maker, identified as the person making decisions for the patient.
Exclusion criteria	Age <18 years Unable to read and understand English. Unable to cannot complete questionnaires due to physical or cognitive limitations.
Clinician
Inclusion criteria	PARTNER nurses (eg, nurse leaders, social workers). Treating clinicians (eg, bedside nurses).
Exclusion criteria	None

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