Science news articles about 'aggressive care'

... the investigators weren't able to identify precisely why blacks tended to prefer more-aggressive care. "There is something different about the way black patients and white patients approach the end ...

... crisis, such as when facing death, are more likely to receive aggressive care when they die." The study involved 345 ... then tracked each patient's course of care during the remainder of his or her life ...

“Slow medicine,” which encourages less aggressive care at the end of life, is increasingly available in nursing homes.

... unprepared for the patient's death, compared with caregivers of patients who did not receive aggressive care. They also had worse quality of life outcomes, including overall quality of life, self- ...

... in mental and physical health were not associated with transitions to either more or less aggressive care. "We believe that the results of this study suggest that although physician-respondents were ...

... distress. "A significant percentage of decisions faced by surrogates involve changing aggressive care to comfort care, when medical options have been exhausted. Making a decision to change the focus ...