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Assessment of Discordance Between Surrogate Care Goals and Medical Treatment Provided to Older Adults With Serious Illness

IMPORTANCE: An important aspect of high-quality care is ensuring that treatments are in alignment with patient or surrogate decision-maker goals. Treatment discordant with patient goals has been shown to increase medical costs and prolong end-of-life difficulties. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate discordance...

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Autores principales: Comer, Amber R., Hickman, Susan E., Slaven, James E., Monahan, Patrick O., Sachs, Greg A., Wocial, Lucia D., Burke, Emily S., Torke, Alexia M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Medical Association 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7237962/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32427322
http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.5179