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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