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| Preferences for different life-sustaining treatments among elderly persons in Israel | | Author(s) | Sara Carmel, Elizabeth Mutran |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol 52B, no 2, March 1997 |
| Pages | pp S97-S102 |
| Keywords | Dying ; Terminal care ; Medical care ; Nutrition ; Attitude ; Over 70s ; Israel. |
| Annotation | The aim of this study was to assess older persons' wishes regarding the use and choice of different life-sustaining treatments (LST). Data were collected from a random sample of 987 Israeli older persons aged 70 years and over. Interviewees were questioned about their wishes for artificial feeding, mechanical ventilation, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in five different illness conditions. Results indicate that significantly more of the respondents would want to prolong their life in mild rather than in severe illness conditions. Significant differences were found, however, among sub-groups who differed on religiosity, gender, education, and health status. The findings also indicate that in all five illness conditions, older people were more likely to want CPR than artificial feeding. This is explained by the fact that the public's main source of information is television dramas, and that there is a lack of communication about the use of LST among physicians and patients and their families. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-971125245 A |
| Classmark | CX: LV: LK: CF: DP: BBK: 7H6 |
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