Seniors Tend to Stick With End-of-Life Care Preferences
Study found desires remained essentially unchanged over 3-year period
Posted October 27, 2008
"Whatever the case, what's important is that patients are upfront at an early stage about their preferences, so they get the care they want," he stressed. "Because preferences about end-of-life are not whims. And if you don't express yourself you may very well get the kind of care you don't want."
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For more on end-of-life directives, visit the American Academy of Family Physicians.
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