Religious Belief Linked to Desire for Aggressive Treatment in Terminal Patients
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 01:21
in Health & Medicine
Terminally ill patients who drew comfort from religion were far more likely to seek aggressive, life-prolonging care in the week before they died than were less religious patients, a study found.
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