Changes in Preferences for Life-Sustaining Treatment Among Older Persons with Advanced Illness

BACKGROUND: There are conflicting assumptions regarding how patients’ preferences for life-sustaining treatment change over the course of serious illness. OBJECTIVE: To examine changes in treatment preferences over time. DESIGN: Longitudinal cohort study with 2-year follow-up. PARTICIPANTS: Two hund...

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Autores principales: Fried, Terri R., Van Ness, Peter H., Byers, Amy L., Towle, Virginia R., O’Leary, John R., Dubin, Joel A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1839865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17372799
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-007-0104-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1839865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17372799
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-007-0104-9

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