Sentences with phrase «treatments near the end of life»
The authors call for the development of clinical guidelines to support physicians in their effort to reduce potentially futile drug treatments near the end of life.
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«The treatments most Americans would choose near the end of their lives are often different from the treatments they receive,» Courtright said.
Second, the researchers found that polypharmacy near the end of life is fueled not only by drugs prescribed for the purpose of symptom management (e.g. analgesics), but also by the frequent continuation of long - term preventive treatments and disease - targeted drugs.
They found that more physician assistants performed unsupervised medical procedures and saw a marked increase in invasive treatment of nonthreatening diseases on people near the end of life.
Nearing the end of her treatment for breast cancer, Lily focuses on life with newfound clarity, reevaluating her relationship with an older man and her feelings about her long - absent father.