@article{eeb9f9c63cdc4da49951851449134c3f,
title = "Factors Influencing Hospital Patients{\textquoteright} Preferences in the Utilization of Life-Sustaining Treatments",
abstract = "Ninety-seven elderly hospitalized patients were asked about their preferences for several treatments under three hypothetical levels of future cognitive functioning: Intact, confused, and unconscious. Levels of cognitive functioning and depression were also assessed. Sixty-six percent of the patients were more likely to want treatment if they expected to be cognitively intact than when a future condition involved impaired cognition; 36% did not want any treatment in at least 75% of the conditions; and 16% wanted treatment in at least 75% of the conditions studied. A minority (12%) did not show any pattern in their preferences. The absence of a definite pattern was related to lower levels of education and to higher levels of depressive symptoms. Patients self-reported their preferences for treatments being influenced most by their personal values, religion, and by experiences with illnesses of others.",
keywords = "Advance directives, Medical decision making, Quality of life",
author = "Jiska Cohen-Mansfield and Droge, {Janet A.} and Nathan Billig",
note = "Funding Information: 1This research was supported by a grant from the AARP Andrus Foundation. The authors thank Sheila Zimmet, JD, Steven Lipson, MD, Laura Gardner, and Hank Rothgerber for their help with this project. Portions of this paper were presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Boston, MA, 1990.",
year = "1992",
month = feb,
doi = "10.1093/geront/32.1.89",
language = "אנגלית",
volume = "32",
pages = "89--95",
journal = "The Gerontologist",
issn = "0016-9013",
publisher = "Gerontological Society of America",
number = "1",
}