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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Patient Involvement in Decisions to Limit Treatment: The Crucial Role of Agreement Between Physician and Patient



"Conclusion Only half of the patients were involved in DLT. Surprisingly, the main predictor of patient involvement was not their medical condition, but agreement with physicians' palliative treatment goals. These results show that if physicians switch to comfort care in terminally ill patients and patients are not yet prepared to follow this line, treatment limitations are often decided without involving the patient."

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