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- Title
Patient age and decisions to withhold life-sustaining treatments from seriously ill, hospitalized adults. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment.
- Authors
Hamel, M B; Teno, J M; Goldman, L; Lynn, J; Davis, R B; Galanos, A N; Desbiens, N; Connors, A F, Jr; Wenger, N; Phillips, R S
- Abstract
Patient age may influence decisions to withhold life-sustaining treatments, independent of patients' preferences for or ability to benefit from such treatments. Controversy exists about the appropriateness of using age as a criterion for making treatment decisions.
- Publication
Annals of internal medicine, 1999, Vol 130, Issue 2, p116
- ISSN
0003-4819
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.7326/0003-4819-130-2-199901190-00005