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Association between subjective economic status and refusal of life-prolonging treatment: a cross-sectional study using content analysis with stratified random sampling

INTRODUCTION: Older adults tend to refuse life-prolonging treatment for various reasons, and it is important to respect their choice of treatment at the end-of-life stage. The present study examines the associations of subjective economic status and gender with reasons for refusal of life-prolonging...

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Autores principales: Kasuga, Hideaki, Endo, Shota, Masuishi, Yusuke, Hidaka, Tomoo, Kakamu, Takeyasu, Saito, Keiko, Abe, Koichi, Fukushima, Tetsuhito
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Fukushima Society of Medical Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9071350/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35046211
http://dx.doi.org/10.5387/fms.2021-13