The Association between Treatment Preferences and Trajectories of Care at the End-of-Life
Cosgriff JA, Pisani M, Bradley EH, O’Leary J, Fried TR. The Association between Treatment Preferences and Trajectories of Care at the End-of-Life. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2007, 22: 1566-1571. PMID: 17874168, PMCID: PMC2219807, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0362-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreatment preferencesLife careIntensive treatmentAcute processAggressive careSymptomatic reliefTrajectories of endUnwanted aggressive careRelief of symptomsPatients' treatment preferencesDirection of patientsTrajectory of careHigh-quality endAdvanced diseaseSymptom controlConclusionsThe associationAssociations of preferenceIntensive interventionCarePatientsLife prolongationTreatmentPerson's ageReliefAssociation