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Survey participants less likely to recommend life-sustaining care for patients with dementia, despite documented wishes
People were about 19 percentage points less likely to recommend life-sustaining treatment for a seriously ill patient with dementia than for a patient without dementia, even when an advance directive requested life-sustaining care…
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A study by the University of Colorado Anschutz found that participants were roughly 19 percentage points less likely to endorse life‑sustaining treatment for a seriously ill patient with dementia than for a comparable patient without dementia, even when the patient’s advance directive specifically requested such care.
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