Perspectives, Preferences, Care Practices, and Outcomes Among Older and Middle-Aged Patients With Late-Stage Cancer

2004132 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Julia Hannum Rose · Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

Elizabeth O’Toole · Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

Neal V. Dawson · Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

Renée H. Lawrence · Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

Diana Gurley · Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

Charles L. Thomas · Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

Mary Beth Hamel

Abstract

Fewer older patients preferred CPR or life-prolonging treatments. Although older patients' goals for aggressive treatment were related to care, this was not so for middle-aged patients. Aggressive care was not related to prolonged life in either group.

Topics & Keywords

Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare Cancer survivorship and care

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volume 22, Issue 24, pp. 4907-4917

DOI: 10.1200/jco.2004.06.050

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