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| Perceived benefits and burdens of life-sustaining treatments: differences among elderly adults, physicians, and young adults | | Author(s) | Kristen M Coppola, Joseph H Danks, Peter H Ditto |
| Journal title | Journal of Ethics, Law and Aging, vol 4, no 1, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 3-13 |
| Keywords | Dying ; Terminal care ; Medical care ; Nutrition ; Older people ; Young adults [20-25] ; Doctors ; Attitude ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Understanding both the risks and benefits of life-sustaining treatments is critical to making informed decisions about these treatments. This US study examined how older adults who had and had not completed living wills, physicians, and young adults, perceived the benefits and burdens of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH). Overall, older and younger adults perceived CPR and ANH as having more benefits than burdens compared to physicians. Older adults who had living wills viewed ANH as having more burdens compared to older adults who did not have living wills. When comparing perceptions of CPR to perceptions of ANH, the study found that physicians viewed ANH as a more beneficial treatment than CPR, while older adults perceived CPR as more beneficial than ANH. The study concluded that patient education concerning these life-sustaining treatments should focus on possible outcomes and burdens, in order to ensure informed consent. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980701410 A |
| Classmark | CX: LV: LK: CF: B: SD6: QT2: DP: 7T |
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